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When Words Fail I Dance

I love to praise God through dance, and I love the Church. I love to share this praise in church with the people of the Church, and I want them to understand more about this dance we do and why I love to do it so much. What is praise dance? Praise dance is not performance, it is ministry. Praise dance is not cute choreography paired with a churchy song, it is a prayer too deep for words. Praise dance is not entertainment, it is an outward expression of inward worship, an overflow of what is in the heart, an invitation to join in adoration of the One deserving of all exaltation. Why do people praise dance? If I had words to adequately explain what is happening in praise dance, there would be no point to praise dance. Praise dance exists because it cannot be explained. It is an expression of the unexpressable. In dancing, I can express things that I do not have words for. Dance communicates emotions that words like "gratitude" and "awe" and "love...