A good rhythm pulls us into a movement. Just think how contagious it can be. You may be standing in a line somewhere and a song plays on the radio, a song with a rhythm. The queue becomes a movement in the presence of a rhythm. The Early Church also talked about rhythm; they talked about the rhythm of God.
The Greek word for this was perichoresis and it literally means to dance=choresis and around = peri. To dance around.
The dance of God is a contagious dance filled with rhythms of love and healing. In this sense one can imagine the creation account as one wherein God says, “let us make the circle bigger, let us invite people into our dance”. “Let us create people in our dancing image who can bring a different rhythm to the world”.
At Oasis the “O” in our logo is represented by a circle. This circle is called the circle of inclusion. We believe that everyone has been made in the image of God and is invited into the rhythm of God. We are all invited into a dance of love with rhythms bringing healing to the world. We serve a God that always ‘makes the circle bigger’. As followers of Jesus we bring a different rhythm into the world and the rhythm produces a movement.
In the next few posts we are going to explore the particular rhythm of life we are experimenting with at Oasis. But for now we want to ask you to think about your picture of God. Does your God have a contagious rhythm?