Brian Haynes

Brian outlines his and his churches journey from the church model as a drop off spot for spiritual formation of children to enabling parents to become teachers and facilitators of religious formation.
This is a fantastic book for church staff and leaders that are ready to take the next step in redesigning their spiritual formation from K-12. Don't try to replicate it, but let the book be a starting point in the discussion at your location with your specific cultural situations (local show more circumstances, denominational, culture, theological, etc. etc.). Shift presents the first step in redirecting parents to a more healthy role and relationship with their children; however, resistance will be strong. I'd love to see how or if this morphs after 10 years application.
Critiques: (theological quibbles and difference of opinion in the rite of passage section). Also, I would have liked some mention of single parents (the whole book assumed nuclear family atmosphere). Lastly, the Milestone reference material had a lot of conservative material and needed some progressive material to balance it out. show less