{"id":169,"date":"2009-01-08T14:45:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T14:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/01\/finding-the-groove-update.html"},"modified":"2009-01-08T14:45:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T14:45:36","slug":"finding-the-groove-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/01\/finding-the-groove-update.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding The Groove Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">My new book,&#160;<span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0310282527\/1n9867a-20\" target=\"_blank\">Finding the Groove: &#160;Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith<\/a><\/span><\/span> will be available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/NationalConvention\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/NPC\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/NationalConvention\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Pastors Convention<\/a> in&#160;February&#160;and should start arriving at your local bookstore sometime in late March.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef010536be461d970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FTGPicture1\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341c63c953ef010536be461d970c  selected\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef010536be461d970c-120pi\" \/><\/a>To wet your&#160;appetite,&#160;Zondervan has made the first chapter available online. &#160;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef010536b42546970b-pi\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/media\/samples\/pdf\/0310282527_samptxt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a>)<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: 14px;font-family: Georgia\">Finding The Groove Live!<\/span>:&#160;<\/span><\/span>&#160;If you&#039;re in the Denver area we are currently planning a series of events held at local jazz venues featuring some of Denver&#039;s best jazz artists as well as yours truly. &#160;The first of these events will take place in late March. &#160;Stay tuned&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new book,&#160;Finding the Groove: &#160;Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith will be available at the National Pastors Convention in&#160;February&#160;and should start arriving at your local bookstore sometime in late March. 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