{"id":9855,"date":"2013-06-13T07:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T12:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=9855"},"modified":"2013-06-13T07:02:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T12:02:26","slug":"breakdancing-jesus-is-back-and-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2013\/06\/breakdancing-jesus-is-back-and-better-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdancing Jesus Is Back And Better Than Ever"},"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>Not too long ago we learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=9580\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus has some serious breakdancing skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Which really shouldn\u2019t have been a surprise as \u201cthe Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, now it seems that Jesus is taking his divine breakdancing skills public.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, you\u2019ll have to travel across the pond to see this epic mural in person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?attachment_id=9859\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9859\" alt=\"A-new-mural-called-Breakdancing-Jesus-painted-by-artist-Cosmo-Sarson-1947183\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/941\/2013\/06\/A-new-mural-called-Breakdancing-Jesus-painted-by-artist-Cosmo-Sarson-1947183.jpg\" width=\"1318\" height=\"878\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Giant mural of Jesus breakdancing unveiled in Bristol<\/h1>\n<div>\n<h3>Artist Cosmo Sarson spent four days and used a kilogram of glitter to create the mural, called Breakdancing Jesus<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Paul Cockerton, <em>The Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A giant mural of Jesus breakdancing has been unveiled on a wall directly opposite a Banksy artwork.<\/p>\n<p>It took artist Cosmo Sarson four days after he won a competition for a commission for his Breakdancing Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The piece is inspired by an event at the Vatican where breakdancers performed to an applauding Pope John Paul II in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>It will remain on the 8.5 metre wall beside The Canteen venue in Stokes Croft in Bristol for the next two years opposite Banksy\u2019s Mild Mild West<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Pike, of The Canteen, said: \u201cBreakdancing Jesus represents everything Bristol should be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/giant-mural-jesus-breakdancing-unveiled-1947191\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago we learned that Jesus has some serious breakdancing skills. Which really shouldn\u2019t have been a surprise as \u201cthe Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve.\u201d Well, now it seems that Jesus is taking his divine breakdancing skills public. Unfortunately, you\u2019ll have to travel across the pond to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":9859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breakdancing Jesus Is Back And Better Than Ever<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not too long ago we learned that Jesus has some serious breakdancing skills. 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