Safety Dance

In the early ’80’s, Disco was dying and New Wave was on the rise.

Ivan Doroschuk of the band Men Without Hats wrote The Safety Dance as a protest against bouncers who were stopping dancers from pogoing (bouncing up and down) in clubs.

In essence, Ivan was saying: it’s safe to dance.

He was reframing the establishment’s view of what was safe—to include pogoing on the dance floor.

I believe we need to reframe our view of “safe” as well.

We all tend to gravitate toward the safe and comfortable.

Some attribute this tendency to the “lizard brain” (the amygdala).

The “lizard brain” runs from risk—it reacts out of fear.

On our own, it kinda makes sense to think like a lizard… but we’re not on our own.

God is with us. His Spirit lives in us.

“With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine.” (Ephesians 3.20)

Since we’re not on our own, we must reframe our view of safe.

When we’re evaluating what’s safe, we need to make sure God is in the equation.

God’s power is working in us and he is able to do much more than we could ever ask or imagine.

No more “lizard brain” running…

It’s safe to dance.