Waterspirit is co-hosting this session on water.

The BTS Center, in partnership with The Many, invite you to Lament with Earth — five seasonal events which will include original music, poetry, rituals, images, scripture and videos to reflect different seasons of loss through the liturgical year. These events are free and interactive, inviting you to pray and sing along and to bring your own sense of loss and sadness into this communal space. The first event will take place on November 1, 2023, with following events held in December, February, May, and June.

Spring in the northern hemisphere is filled with holidays that draw us into the forces of transformation: the resurrection of Easter, the liberation of Passover, and Beltane, the ancient springtime festival of optimism and fertility. In Matthew Fox's words, "these are the prophetic moments in our lives when we are called to use our talents and gifts with the hurting, fractured, dysfunctional aspects of our society." What better element to guide us through the themes of transformation than water, itself a shape-shifter? Water, in all its varied forms, stirs our imaginations even as it gives — and takes away — life. Water is intimately connected to our climate-changed world — as storm and drought, as acidification of the ocean and rain, as sea level rise and rising saline levels of fresh water sources. And, water moves turbines, grows food hydroponically, cools desert-like air, and bears life into the future.  

Together, we lament, and celebrate, the transformative power of water, holding space for mourning and discovery, sorrow and inspiration.