Who would have thought a children’s Christmas program would make such a lasting impression on me? I’ve been going to programs like this one for more than half a century. Well, not quite like this one.

There I was sitting a few rows back from the stage at the children’s Christmas special at our church, laughing at the cute antics of the toddlers singing carols in their pajamas, totally unprepared for what was to come when those a bit older would get into the act.