The Legacy Path, by Brian Haynes

If you're looking for a good read on biblical parenting and leaving a legacy for your children, check out Brian Haynes' new book! The Legacy Path: Discover Intentional Spiritual Parenting is a book that every parent, pastor, and youth worker should have in their library. You can find it on sale at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Path-Intentional-Spiritual-Parenting/dp/0892656344/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1

Haynes has an easy way of communicating God's plan for parenthood. The Legacy Path is intentionally grounded in scripture as a way of pointing each of our parenting decisions back to the Bible. Not only are we responsible for leaving our children with a godly legacy, but also we are to look to God's example outlined, very clearly, in the Bible.

Haynes is well-researched and writes in an easy-to-read format, so that anyone picking up the book can understand the message. By breaking down the major points of understanding into smaller concepts, the reader can quickly grasp the intentional guidelines that God has outlined for parents.

I would recommend this book for any parent, pastor, or youth worker! It has very practical ways for understanding the roles and responsibilities of parents. If we were to look at God's example of parenting, we would very simply see that our way of parenting should be similar. But, not only does this give parents an understanding of their task, it also gives pastors and youth workers clarity on role distinction.

Often, pastors and youth workers feel as if they have to parent the teens and children that walk through the church doors. Not so! Instead, they are responsible for teaching the parents of those children to parent well. As a youth worker, myself, I've come to realize that I cannot parent every teen that walks into my room; however, I can work with the parents of my teens, to frame their parenting abilities after God's original plan. Since I have no children of my own, I found Haynes' book extremely useful and insightful for teen ministry.

If you can, share the word about The Legacy Path, please do so! We need more parents that are willing to take a stand for biblical parenting principles!