Jerome Berryman is the creator of "Godly Play." In this work he broadly reviews the Church's attitude towards children from Jesus up to the present by taking a few representative writers/thinkers/theologians from each period. In this review he discovers four general views regarding children: 1. Ambivalence. 2. Ambiguity. 3. Indifference. 4. Grace. While all of this ultimately leads to his formulating a formal doctrine of children in the final chapters, he suggests that we learn from all of these writers and their several views. "There are no enemies here. There are disagreements to be sure, and there should be, but there is something to be learned from each theologian. For example, the controversy between Augustine and Pelagius was heated but helpful to sharpen thinking about the fundamental nature of children. If we only identify with the theologians in the past who sound like us today or support our personal views, then we will miss much of the basis for the grace that has carried this story forward to today" (203). Berryman views children as sacraments, taking his cue from Jesus who says, "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in name welcomes me" (Mk. 9:37). We meet Jesus in children, if we have eyes to see. And so, by meeting Jesus in them they teach us to be more like him. Berryman concludes his book by offering suggestions as to how children may be more central in our existing sacraments (whether we acknowledge two or seven—Berryman addresses seven). Above all, he wants us to love and embrace children. That is where change begins. "[Y]ou will slowly over time discover that when you welcome a child you welcome [Jesus] and the One who sent him. Such a fundamental discovery will enrich everything you do and show the way into the kingdom for you and the congregation. The congregation will become a healthy place, where unhealthy people can come to heal and all will thrive. The church will no longer be a place of ambivalence, ambiguity, or indifference toward anyone. It will be a place of grace" (256).