In the movie Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta played a young man named Tony from a working class Italian family searching for his identity. With few marketable skills, pressure from his family, too much free time, and a cadre of trouble-seeking childhood friends, Tony needed an outlet. This, he famously found on the dance floor, striking the infamous pose we’ve all imitated. In fact, Tony said one of the only times he ever felt worthwhile was when he was dancing.

We don’t have to be John Travolta to experience what comes upon us when we do the same thing. Every weekend, countless nightclubs pulse with the sound of dance music. Sure people come to hook up and drink, but they also come to dance. Whether at a disco, bar, or wedding reception, there’s just something about dancing that most of us love. Getting lost in the dance is to go to a place where we can forget the troubles and worries around us. We close our eyes, move to the music, and can be carried off and carried into a frightfully intimate and happy place.

  

This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. It is the day we attempt to describe God.  For some of the ancient church fathers, God was often explained as a dance. The ten-dollar word is perichoresis. This is the idea that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are an eternal dance of joy that is continually inviting others to join in.

Imagine if God was that place where we are truly able to let go of our problems and worries. Imagine if God was a place where true intimacy is found. Imagine if God was that frightfully happy place for whom we most deeply yearn. Yes, Jesus is the dance. How might we better lose ourselves in Him?

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Reading

Unbroken – Lauren Hillenbrand

Made to Stick – Dan and Chip Heath

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak