I have become convinced that the more wealth a country accumulates, the more isolated and lonely its people become. The loneliest are usually the children and the elderly. Children learn what they live, and isolation in the ‘village’ is one of the most destructive messages we daily write on the tablets of their hearts.

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.

...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part in the stewardship of it, in seeing that it gets to the end of the line, to the poorest and neediest--the children.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers.

One changed child eventually changes a family. A changed family will influence change in its church. Enough changed churches will transform a community. Changed communities change regions. Changed regions will in time change an entire nation.

If we nurture the dreams of children, the world will be blessed. If we destroy them, the world is doomed!