Crazy Happy depicts Pastor Daniel Fusco’s belief that God intends for you to find joy and delight in the process of faithfully living in Jesus. Combining the Beatitudes and the Fruit of the Spirit, Fusco details nine aspects of crazy happy living that encourages the reader to reflect and reimagine what godly living could be in the light of the blessings and challenges we face. Written in a distinctive voice with unmistakable enthusiasm, Crazy Happy provides a framework for deeper faith and a happier life.

Pastor Daniel says it like it should be said.....once again! Crazy Happy reminds me in part of pieces of myself and I have no doubt you’ll see you too. Chapter 6 about his dad loving the drive to Florida? Oh boy, we all know that story. Pastor Dan nails this with subtle, everyday-scripture. The Book of Matthew has valuable lessons for us all and this book brings them forward. Great read.

Outstanding read! This book spoke to my heart in so many ways. As a Christian, I appreciate Pastor Daniels, street level approach. Meeting people right where they are and loving them. He has taken Biblical foundations and put them in Crazy Happy, so we can learn to apply them to our lives. I am excited to read more books by Pastor Daniel.

Author Daniel Fusco is a nondenominational megachurch pastor, and, as one might expect, Crazy Happy: Nine Surprising Ways to Live the Truly Beautiful Life espouses the viewpoint that only a relationship with Jesus (based on literal, traditional interpretations of the Bible) can bring about true happiness.

Readers who are comfortable with these parameters will find the book an entertaining and provocative read. Fusco structures Crazy Happy by connecting each of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount with the Fruits of the Spirit from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. For instance, chapter 2 relates Matthew 5:3 (Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven) to Galatians 5:22 (The fruit of the Spirit is love). Fusco’s prose is engaging, informal and liberally sprinkled with personal anecdotes as well as wide ranging footnotes that reference everyone from New Testament writers to David Bowie.

While promoting a fairly rigid, traditional brand of Christianity, Fusco chooses to focus on Jesus’s more accessible qualities, such as love, strength, and faithfulness, and how those qualities can be applied to our everyday lives.

Fusco’s enthusiasm for his topic is on full display in Crazy Happy and will certainly charm like believers.