We’ve been told that life is about achievement, appearance and accomplishment. And so we live hectic and self-conscious, looking over our shoulders to see who is watching and who is judging, always fearing we come up short. We put life and God in a box we hope we can control. We are image conscious and tense. And on the dance floor of life, we become easily afraid.

Terry invites us all to dance, as if “nobody is watching.” The great Ephod dance of King David. What does it mean to cherish our life, our days, our interruptions, and our friends? What does it mean to live with a heart full of awe and love. . .for God, and for God’s creation? Where is the healing power of laughter? What does it mean when God takes the box we’ve created for control, flattens it, and makes a dance floor, for us to celebrate the risk and gift of life? And what does it mean, when the passion of our dance spills over to those around us?