Avon Players opens their 79th Season with the spectacular musical, The Prince of Egypt, running until September 27, 2025, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Last season, Avon Players boldly started with the darkly eccentric Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I am happy to say The Prince of Egypt is equally impressive and a lot more family-friendly. Inspired by the Book of Exodus, this epic new musical is adapted from the 1998 DreamWorks film of the same name, featuring music … [Read more...]
Dear Crabby, Is the Easter Bunny an Essential Employee?
Dear Crabby, Ever since this pandemic started, our lives (and everyone else) have been turned upside down. In the midst of getting everything together to homeschool (!), I just looked at the calendar and realized this Sunday is Easter! Can we still have Easter or is now the time I fess up to the kids that my husband and I are the Easter Bunny? Thanks! Josephine Cottontail Dear Josephine Cottontail, Ahh, yes. Right about now your inbox and Facebook feed should be flooded with ads for … [Read more...]
Coveting and Christian Compassion
Op-Ed by Dr. Eric Herfert, D.C. Choosing Destruction or Choosing Freedom "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Exodus 20:17 "…Now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have." 1 Samuel 8:6) Most of us would be very disturbed by images of an individual, setting him or herself on fire, regardless what the motivation is. When … [Read more...]


