Lament With Earth

2025-2026 Cycle

Lament With Earth Series

“Planetary anguish lifts us onto another systemic level where we open to collective experience. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness with all beings.”
– Joanna Macy, Buddhist author, environmental activist

A 5-session cycle through the liturgical year honoring the pain of loss

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.

Save The Dates

We believe in the healing potential of lament undertaken together – as a community, framed with ritual. The videos corresponding with each session will be available here after their corresponding date has passed. To honor participants’ privacy, we do not record the live events, which are full of meaningful connection. Still, we hope you’ll find these accompanying videos nourishing.

Wed., October 22, 2025

7:30 – 8:30pm ET | 4:30 – 5:30pm PT • Zoom

Fall Event: Via Negativa, with the Element of Air

co-hosted with Center for Spirituality in Nature

Watch the video here

Wed., December 10, 2025

7:30 – 8:30pm ET | 4:30 – 5:30pm PT • Zoom

Winter Event: Festivals, with the Element of Fire

co-hosted with Radical Joy for Hard Times

Watch the video here

Wed., February 4, 2026

7:30 – 8:45pm ET | 4:30 – 5:45pm PT • Zoom

Heart of Winter Event: Via Creativa, with the Element of Earth

co-hosted with Good Grief Network

Watch the video here

Wed., April 29, 2026

7:30 – 8:45pm ET | 4:30 – 5:45pm PT • Zoom

Spring Event: Via Transformativa, with the Element of Water

co-hosted with Waterspirit

Wed., June 3, 2026

7:30 – 8:45pm ET | 4:30 – 5:45pm PT • Zoom

The Season of Via Positiva, featuring All Beings

co-hosted with Catholic Climate Covenant

Meet Our Co-Hosts