We’re partnering with The BTS Center and The Many – a songwriting advocate for the Earth – to offer a yearlong cycle of music, liturgy, art, and scripture, and presence. Lament with Earth is a five-part series of interactive virtual events inviting you to pray and sing along.

Bring your emotions, in all their complexities and intricacies. Together, we’ll share the grief, and we’ll share the balm, too.

Lament with Earth: A 5-session cycle through the liturgical year honoring the pain of loss

** Session #1: Wed, Oct 22, 2025 **

In the face of cascading losses, we may be feeling grief, sadness, anxiety, and even despair. We mourn not only what we’ve lost, but also the loss that is to come in this era of extinctions, extreme weather, and sea level rise. 

But there is an alternative to numbing our emotional, spiritual hearts, to “powering through,” ignoring or belittling our own vulnerability. Lament in community, as a ritual practice, has the power to alchemize our grief.

We invite you to a year of lament. The BTS Center and The Many – a songwriting advocate for the Earth – have created for you a yearlong cycle of music, liturgy, art, and scripture, and presence. Lament with Earth is a five-part series of interactive virtual events inviting you to pray and sing along.

Bring your emotions, in all their complexities and intricacies. Yes, we lament together. And we share that which has been a balm to our grief, strengthening us for the work that awaits us.

Learn more and register: https://thebtscenter.org/lament-with-earth-2025-2026