{"product_id":"consider-the-ditch-lilies-erosion-control-and-rural-teen-spiritual-formation","title":"Consider the Ditch Lilies: Erosion Control and Rural Teen Spiritual Formation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThis a PDF Download\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Ditch lilies, found on country roads throughout the United States, are often used to prevent erosion while providing a pop of color. These flowers have strong roots and a long history in the rural United States. A different erosion impacts many rural communities in the early twenty-first century. Rural communities face economic and population erosion due to socio-economic factors. Along with this, a spiritual erosion occurs as faith scatters in rural communities. Members of the community often retreat, disconnected from their present lives. This paper proposes a spiritual formation modeled after ditch lilies. It utilizes rural education research, place-based educational models, and mission-oriented faith formation methods to sow the groundwork for a rural teen spiritual formation. This rural spiritual formation with teenagers requires a rootedness in faith, place, and heritage that nourishes a creative hope, which allows teens to thrive in whatever place they call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan LeMaster-Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e, Interim Director of Connectional Ministries Oak Hill United Methodist Church, Affiliate Faculty Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Sioux Falls Seminary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D6 Family Ministry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44129170063532,"sku":"01tDn000007aalnIAA","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/9573\/1116\/files\/D6FamJournal4_3d.jpg?v=1739385673","url":"https:\/\/store.d6family.com\/products\/consider-the-ditch-lilies-erosion-control-and-rural-teen-spiritual-formation","provider":"D6 Family Ministry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}