There are many important elements to consider in dance ministry. I don’t want to minimize any aspect of dance ministry from the rehearsal covenant to prayer and choreography preparation. However, it’s important to think through the 4 most important things that you will need to communicate to your pastoral staff regarding dance. That’s the focus
Finally. My book, 'Dance is Prayer in Motion: Soul to Sole Choreography for Christian Dance Ministry', has been published. Inside my heart, the end result has given me a real sense of listening to one of God's intended purposes for me. I am not an accomplished writer but I wrote. I'm not an accomplished editor
Do you know that one of your goals during rehearsal is to grow dancers into living stones? First Peter 2:5 says, “You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” Soul to Sole Choreography is structured to grow
Jeremy Begbie said, “Our concern then is what we might call ‘theology through the arts.’ This means giving the arts space to do their own work as they engage with the primary testimony of Scripture and with the wealth of Christian traditions. It means that unfamiliar theological themes are uncovered, familiar topics exposed and negotiated
God, the Master Choreographer, is a mover. And so are His people. In Genesis 1:2, God initiated the dance and soloed as its first dancer. His Spirit “was hovering over the waters.” In Acts 17:28, He revealed that “for in him we live and move and have our being.” We have our being and our
We already know that dance is a universal, non-verbal language. Within this language, I believe that there are two categories of movement that communicate biblical truth. The first category of movement is literal movement. Literal movement copies what a word says. For instance, if someone said, “She is knocking at my door,” and this was
Passion: strong love (Webster’s Dictionary) Soon after our engagement, my husband Richard introduced me to one of the great passions of his life: donuts. Specifically, cake ones loaded with sprinkles, icing, and all kinds of sweet goo. For many years, I’ve investigated the fine nuances of what makes a donut melt in your mouth by
I looked at my soultosolechoreography website and I saw Leslie’s email. It was a breath of fresh air. “I have so much on my heart to write u about but I feel almost paralyzed as finding your petition on change.org was like cold water in a very dark and dry desert. Thank u so much
Morning. Hot. I opened the screen door and let out my dog Melchizedek. Eric and I had a phone conference about Soul to Sole Choreography. I heard his interest and I told him what I thought: dance isn’t a series of poses that show technical precision. It’s all about the movement between the movements. That
Soul to Sole Choreography presents a visual picture of the immortal, invisible God. Scripture says that “we can know the truth and the truth can set us free.” And we need a clear picture of the truth in a subjective culture that distorts transcendent truth. How does Soul to Sole Choreography fit into the communication