Do we value our children?

                                                                                                                                                                         Vol. XXIII, No. 4, April 2010

    If churches truly want to make an impact in children's lives, they must attempt to change the environment in which they grow up, according to Susan Field, who with her husband, Taylor, wrote Peace in a Violent World: A Look into the Garden from the City. The couple serves in New York City as missionaries with the North American Mission Board ( of the Southern Baptist Convention, http://www.namb.org ).

    "American society doesn't value children very much," Field charged. "Until we value them as part of the family unit, we're going to see alienation and separation like these boys (in the Littleton, Colorado Columbine High School massacre of April 1999) must have felt."

    Field said churches can teach parents about building a home where . . . children are valued. . . ." from Baptist Messenger, May 6, 1999, Volume 88, Number 14, page 1. http://www.baptistmessenger.com.