The BTS Center

"And on a Tuesday*, there came to be clownfish
and mollusks and ribbon eels who are born male,
who sometimes, if strong enough, if very fortunate,
transfigure, as expected, and become female."

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Read or listen to the rest of the poem on our Substack: The Delta. Link in the comments.

As artist Madeleine Jubilee Saito said in our recent spring event, Lilac in May:

"Being present to aliveness is the opposite of despair."

To hold all of that with you – the aliveness, the despair, and more – The BTS Center and The Many have created for you a yearlong cycle of music, liturgy, art, and scripture, and presence. Lament with Earth is a deeply meaningful 5-part series of interactive virtual events inviting you to pray and sing along. And this will be our final gathering of this year's series.

Many thanks to Catholic Climate Covenant for co-hosting.

Register for free at the link in the comments.

Blessings upon your Eid al-Adha, the sunset of this year, this invitation to pilgrimage. May you know in the sole of your soul that the divine is with you on every possible path.

We're glad to co-present the film SEER - A Spiritual Nature Photographer Explores Love with our friends at The Center for Spirituality in Nature. Following the screening, stay for a conversation with the film's subject, .oord Thomas Jay Oord.

Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, a photographer, and an adventurer. In this film, Oord explores various spiritualities as they relate to nature and love. As a photographer, Oord's artistic vision tells a variety of stories. As no stranger to hardship and controversy, Oord looks for divinity and love in the natural world.

Register for free at the link in the comments.

Words fall short to capture the immensity of last night's event, Lilac in May: Art & Resistance, featuring poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, artist Madeleine Jubilee Saito, and musician Aly Halpert. We'll say more soon, but for now, we'll share this – a crowd-sourced depiction of the qualities of art that make it a vessel of resistance.

Wisdom and tenderness abounded. We're beyond grateful to our guests and to each of you whose presence enriched this gathering.
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Whether you consider yourself an artist, you are no doubt shaped by works of art. If there is a poem, a piece of artwork, a dance that you hold precious in your spiritual formation – you'll resonate with the profundity of tonight's event.

Come to experience not only the music of Aly Halpert, the artwork of Madeleine Jubilee Saito, and the poetry of Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer – but also their interweaving wisdom.

If you haven't already, you can register at the link in the comments.
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The poetry of Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is both lofty like clouds as well as low and near like mist.

Come TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 20, to Lilac in May, what promises to be a beautiful, wrestling conversation with three brilliant artists about art, resistance, and spirituality. 7:00 – 8:30pm ET on Zoom.

Register at the link in the comments.

How do we move from the “terrifying” experience of systemic collapse into a place of collective resilience?

The latest episode of Climate Changed just dropped today! Listen for how Autumn and Nicole dive into the somatic and spiritual shifts required to live and lead in this time-place of collapse. Then, they invite you to put it all into practice.

Listen at the link in the comments.

In addition to keynote speaker Dwayne Tomah and musician Kat Logan, Green Teams Gathering participants at Wolfe's Neck Center in Freeport, ME, will experience the leadership and wisdom of five immersion leaders preparing time for you to ground your spiritual expression in the needs of this climate-changed world.

Sign up as an individual or with a group from your congregation – at the link in the comments.