Emergentys Postmodern Childrens Min: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century Church Book

It seems that Beckwith really leads the way in describing some characteristics of what children's ministry will look like in a post-modern generation. Community, ritual, family are all important in PM church life. I think as children's ministers read this, it needs to be with a lens that takes into consideration how their own denomination or congregation will adapt to these changes. My personal tendency is to want to rush into making changes to adapt to a PM culture. I think this is a dangerous way of considering ministry as our culture is not rushing into a huge paradigm shift but rather transitioning into it gradually. The task of children's ministers is to navigate through this and gradually incorporate elements which PM families value. This is a slow shift. Parents and children will appreciate the elements which focus on community and multi-generational faith learning without being shocked by a huge change in how ministry is done. Beckwith's Formational Children's Ministry fleshes this out some.