Jesus talked to children. He set them on his knee. Jesus laughed with boys and girls, and helped them all to see that God's world is a good place, a laughing place to be. And God's world needs our loving, our stretching to be free. Jesus talked to children. He took them by the hand. Jesus cried with girls and boys, and helped them understand that God's world is a hard place, a crying place to be. And God's world needs our loving, our stretching to be free. Jesus talked to children. He named them each his friend. Jesus walked with girls and boys, and helped them learn to spend. For God's world is a shared place, a needing place to be. And God's world needs our loving, our stretching to be free. He talked and laughed and cried and taught to be free!