Director Dallas Jenkins waited 20 years to make Barbara Robinson’s book, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” into a movie. The film, which opened in early November, has gone on to gross nearly $20 million and have a 90% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. But that’s not why Mr. Jenkins makes films like this. He tells The Washington Times Higher Ground Billy Hallowell what really drives his project choices and how the message is more important than ever.

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