Grand Rapids Ballet presents Wild Sweet Love October 19-21

Illustrator Shares Sweet Moments of What True Love Really Looks Like

“My current illustrations are inspired by my personal love story with my fiancé. I illustrate our story and I have come to find by doing so I am also illustrating the love stories of thousands around the world.”

What Male Ballet Dancers Can Teach You About Being A Great Partner

And what it means to be a man in an industry that so many people associate with femininity.

How to Love a Church You Don't Even Like

I’m very grateful for my family. Growing up without my dad in the home, the rest of us became deeply close. We were all we had. Just the four of us. We clung to one another for strength. We cried in one another’s arms and on each other’s pillows. We didn’t have much, but we learned to enjoy the simp

Why Do I Have to Take Ballet?

By Laura Di Orio. Becoming a professional dancer is like building a house from the ground up. You can’t start by adding the roof and interior decorations; rather, you must start by creating a solid foundation to support the structure and make it last. Similarly, a dancer must establish that foundation in technique before adding […]

The Psychology of Love: How to Love and Be Loved

You might not realize it yet, but you are surrounded by love. When you wake up in the morning, the first things that you’ll probably see are the eyes and smiles of your family as they say their morning greetings. You step out of your house to head to work and your dog comes up to you, tail wagging, to see you off. While driving to the office, you turn on the music and what do you hear? Ditties about love. While stopped…

AMAZING GRACE: How Sweet The Sound

Whether a gift from God or the vitality of technological advancements, Amazing Grace is a gift of cinematic resurrection brings back Aretha in all her glory.

Finding Your Story in the Holy Wild

Can you imagine stepping into the wildness of who you are, claiming your deepest essence and honoring your life story while spiritually connecting to nature’s elements? As a certified creativity and self-empowerment coach, I create safe and sacred space for highly-creative and spiritually-minded women who are ready to discover, empower, and activate their authentic voice …

What Does It Look Like to Love Your Enemies? It Looks Like This. Wow.

A strong reminder to the church: No one is outside the grace of Jesus.

How Do I Love My Gay Friend?

"Sinners were always safe exposing their hearts to Jesus."

The sweet and sour of Molly Grace’s ‘Lemons and Learning’

Transitioning from her previous artistic outlet — theater — to a career in painting, the mellifluous forms of distressed females wasn’t exactly easy for Molly Grace.

How I Learned to Love My Own Testimony

I used to think my testimony could be summed up in five words: I grew up in church.

I Guess This Is How Billionaires Express Their Love?

A bafflingly large mural that doubles as a proclamation of affection and a jab at your ex.

7 Reasons Why I Love 12Stone Church

Your community needs all that you and your church have to offer.

An expert's guide to buying art for your home

What do you do when you love art but you don't know Mapplethorpe from Matisse?

Why The Healing Energy Of Love Is A Powerful Force In Our Lives

The brown ballerina exists. Why we need to lift her up

Ballet needs more brown dancers in its sea of white swans.

Sweet Hour of Prayer! Or Not? How do You Experience Prayer?

How do you think of prayer? Is it another thing you “have to do” among many other things on your list? Or is prayer a time when you refrain from doing? Is prayer a requirement you regret or a rest you relish? What is prayer for you? The danger in answering questions like these is …