Nature as a Means of Adolescent Spiritual Formation

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James D Thompson. Nature As a Means of Adolescent Spiritual Formation. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4c0d9c32-d24a-46a5-8ecc-270a73595279.

J. D. Thompson. Nature as a Means of Adolescent Spiritual Formation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4c0d9c32-d24a-46a5-8ecc-270a73595279

James D Thompson. Nature As a Means of Adolescent Spiritual Formation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4c0d9c32-d24a-46a5-8ecc-270a73595279.

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The author researched what effect a ninety-day practice of journaling and guided contemplation of God in nature would have on an adolescent's sense of connection with God using the Convergent Parallel Mixed Method approach. Quantitatively, the intervention led to a statistically significant increase from the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale pretest to the posttest. Qualitatively, through student journals and reflections, five clusters of meaning emerged: the adolescent landscape, deeper connection with God, big questions, gratitude, and common nature. If God intends creation to point people to himself, then it is a significant problem if people have lost the capacity or the desire to pay attention to creation.

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