Teach the Children: The King of Kings, by Sheryl Collmer

By Sheryl Collmer, Crisis Magazine, April 8, 2025

Sheryl Collmer is an independent consultant for several non-profit organizations. She holds a Master’s in Theological Studies from the University of Dallas, as well as an MBA. From her home in the diocese of Tyler, Texas, she studies homesteading, history, and the currents in the Church.

The animated feature film The King of Kings—opening April 11, on the eve of Holy Week—is loosely based on a virtually unknown Dickens work: “The Life of Our Lord, written for my beloved children.”

The Lord said to Moses, “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart; you shall teach them diligently to your children” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7).

And in every generation since, it has challenged adults to involve and inspire their children in the Faith. As kids eat Cheerios in church, skip catechism class, or daydream about soccer during Sunday Mass, parents search for ways to pass on to their children the authentic drama and passion and sheer magnificence of the Faith.

The 19th-century author Charles Dickens wanted that for his children, too. The animated feature film The King of Kings—opening April 11, on the eve of Holy Week—is loosely based on a virtually unknown Dickens work: The Life of Our Lord, written for my beloved children. …

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