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[From Maine youth] Our Prayer for Justice

[From Maine youth] Our Prayer for Justice

by social@thebtscenter.org | Aug 17, 2026 | Art and Creativity, Blog, Hope

Our longing for Justice is Rooted in the love for our global community: Every soul honored. Justice for those who are my people. Justice for those who aren’t. Justice for homeless people. Justice for the children being brought up in this oppressive world. Justice for...
Honoring Johan Sebastián Guerrero; Maine-based resources

Honoring Johan Sebastián Guerrero; Maine-based resources

by social@thebtscenter.org | Jul 15, 2026 | Blog, From The BTS Center's Executive Director, From the Editor, Immigration, News

Beloved: All creation groans for another – a better – way. A reality other than one in which our neighbors can be murdered by federal agents. By now, you’ve likely heard of the cruel and public assassination of 25 year-old Johan Sebastián Guerrero by ICE agents, who...
“The Dangerous Ministry of Telling the Truth”

“The Dangerous Ministry of Telling the Truth”

by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 3, 2026 | Blog, From The BTS Center's Executive Director, Immigration, Small Church Vitality

  Recently, The BTS Center hosted our third annual Green Teams Gathering, which drew together almost 100 people representing congregational Green Teams, Climate Action Teams, Social Justice Teams, and ecologically grounded communities of faith. Our keynote...
Poetry + Prophecy: What Choices Do We Have?

Poetry + Prophecy: What Choices Do We Have?

by social@thebtscenter.org | May 1, 2026 | Blog

  Myrtle Beach, SC, was a segregated town in the early 1900s. In town was Charlie’s Place: a Black-owned club for Black people in a town where African Americans were not allowed in the ocean for fear of tainting it for the Whites. In a podcast by the same...
Making Peace with Peacemaking

Making Peace with Peacemaking

by social@thebtscenter.org | Feb 1, 2018 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Peacemaking

Nick Nagy, “Peacemaking in the Middle” Over the winter break, our editorial assistant, Nick Nagy, took a close look at people of his home state, Indiana, and by association the rest of the Midwest, who, especially since the 2016 election, have been characterized as...

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