{"id":5143,"date":"2016-04-01T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/takeandread\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:43:29","slug":"getting-real-about-jesus-and-our-messy-lives-a-qa-daniel-fusco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/takeandread\/2016\/04\/getting-real-about-jesus-and-our-messy-lives-a-qa-daniel-fusco\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Real About Jesus and Our Messy Lives: A Q&#038;A Daniel Fusco"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/54\/2016\/03\/463860.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5144\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5144 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/54\/2016\/03\/463860-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"463860\" width=\"173\" height=\"260\"><\/a>This month in the Patheos Book Club, we\u2019re talking about the new book from NavPress,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/honestly-getting-about-jesus-messy-lives\/daniel-fusco\/9781631463860\/pd\/463860?event=ESRCG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Honestly: Getting Real About Jesus and Our Messy Lives.<\/a><\/em>\u00a0The book\u2019s author, Daniel Fusco, is lead pastor of the megachurch Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver, WA, and a three-time church planter, author, evangelist, and jazz musician.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/54\/2016\/04\/BC_DanielFusco_bio.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5159\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5159 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/54\/2016\/04\/BC_DanielFusco_bio.jpg\" alt=\"BC_DanielFusco_bio\" width=\"174\" height=\"174\"><\/a>In this exclusive video interview with Fusco, we talk about the importance of acknowledging the messy places in life, why we should look for Jesus there, how\u00a0jazz music is like life, and\u00a0how to take the first step when you\u2019re in a situation where life is less than tidy.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WPs-QG9JMBM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WPs-QG9JMBM<\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month in the Patheos Book Club, we\u2019re talking about the new book from NavPress,\u00a0Honestly: Getting Real About Jesus and Our Messy Lives.\u00a0The book\u2019s author, Daniel Fusco, is lead pastor of the megachurch Crossroads Community Church in Vancouver, WA, and a three-time church planter, author, evangelist, and jazz musician. 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