@yaleclimatecomm's latest report, #ClimateChange in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, is full of interesting and actionable findings for preachers, #spiritualcare providers, and climate advocates. This is just one of them. • In your faith communities, what language

1. For better and for worse, there is no single story. 2. If we can honestly meet grief, then we can honestly meet joy. 3. Story is multidimensional, not a straight line. Read more: thebtscenter.substack.com/p/the-story-... #climatejustice #ecospirituality #climatechange #creationcare

Our friend Wendy Cliff, interfaith chaplain, is co-facilitating a restful retreat through the Sherri Eckert Foundation for environmental leaders in service of land, water, climate, ecosystems, and community well-being. The retreat will be held in western Oregon this December and includes guided

It was about a year ago when Glenn Page (executive director of COBALT) said to us, "You HAVE to read this book." Tomorrow, Glenn is joining The BTS Center's Rev. Ash Temin + Rev. Nicole Diroff for tomorrow's exploration of Elif Shafak's award-winning novel, 'There Are Rivers in the Sky.'

Friendship with a side of conflict. Appropriation vs. becoming more human. Fugitive practice (and reference to Autumn's book due out this fall!). Autumn and Nicole expand on Autumn's conversation with Francis Weller (psychotherapist, writer, soul activist) in this episode brimming with

EcoPreacher co-leader Rev. Dr. Leah Schade writes in a letter to the Lexington Herald-Leader: "This year, scientific forecasters point toward a volatile convergence of climate change and a “Super El Niño” cycle. The projections are stark:

“In English there is no verb 'to river.' But what could be more of a verb than a river?” – Robert Macfarlane Plunge into a dynamic conversation next week with Rev. Nicole Diroff + Glenn Page (Executive Director, COBALT) on Elif Shafak's award-winning saga, 'There Are Rivers in the Sky.'

A message honoring Johan Sebastian Guerrero + Maine-based resources: from Acting Executive Director Rev. Nicole Diroff + Board Chair Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd. ... "To those who say that ICE agents targeted the wrong individual: there is no “right individual” who should’ve been the victim of

In this new episode of Climate Changed, Autumn Brown speaks with psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist Francis Weller about grief, ritual, imagination, and what he calls “the long dark.” Francis invites listeners to consider that the climate-changed world is not a short crisis we will

The world is asking for moral witness. That weight was never meant to be carried alone. Join the fourth EcoPreacher Cohort: a year-long community for preachers ready to sharpen (or discover!) a climate-conscious, justice-centered voice. Thursdays, 4–5:30pm ET • Sept 24, 2026 – June 10, 2027

The BTS Center is hiring! We're looking for a Director of Leadership Formation (full-time) and a Communications Associate (part-time) – both located or willing to join us in the Portland, ME, area...

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is believed to have been the model for the U.S. Constitution. It is the longest-lasting and oldest known participatory democracy of our species, and it is still alive today. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is comprised of six nations engaged in peaceful, generative

Pattie Gonia, drag artist and climate activist, utilizes joyful performance to point people toward one another and the places they love. Our lament is important, as is our grief. And when we're emotionally earnest about the climate crisis, we can be surprised by joy nestled in their midst, too.

Thankful to Religion News Service for sharing the EcoPreacher Initiative's press release on the latest findings re. climate grief in our congregations. Read about the “spiritual infrastructure gap,” the surprising disconnect between preachers and their congregations on climate emotions, and why

Pastor Matt Gaventa writes in @ChristianCentury about the dangers of simplistic maxims regarding vocation: "What would Buechner say to the immigrant child whose deep gladness is insulated from the world’s hunger by multiple layers of structural oppression? What to the justice-seeking young lawyer

If you loved Robert Macfarlane's nonfiction Is A River Alive? or Tracy Chevalier's novel The Glassmaker, you'll be swept away by Elif Shafak's novel, 'There Are Rivers in the Sky.' Rev. Nicole Diroff + Glenn Page (Executive Director of COBALT – Collaborative for Bioregional Action

Writes The BTS Center's Rev. Ash Temin: "When humans create art – in contrast with AI-generated attempts, the process is often messy, unwieldy, time-consuming, full of avenues started and perhaps abandoned, perhaps diverted. We so rarely end up exactly where we intended

U.S. climate scientists have diligently recreated a government website at climate.us. The new page will accurately reflect #climate news, even while the U.S. government dismantles the facts of our #polycrisis. Prophetic speech comes in many forms.

In a stroke of Indigenous and ecological justice: a stretch of land called Mesgilg Maqamigew has been returned to the Mi’kmaq Nation, doubling the tribe's territory. The Portland Press Herald reports that The Conservation Fund "purchased the parcel last year from forestry company H.C. Hayne,

The Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA) @climatena.bsky.social is offering a two-day, two-hour training experience just for The BTS Center’s community. Climate Cafés are a tried-and-true model of co-facilitated community conversation. By helping people talk about their

Juneteenth is an anniversary of Black liberation, but Black liberation is still unfinished. In our food systems, our governing systems, the very topography of our lives: what could a world look like that didn’t depend on Black subjugation – that celebrated Black flourishing?

The fourth issue of Murmurations is here! Climate Conscious Chaplaincy Intern Anastasia Yarbrough-Mackie has created a gorgeous Spring 2026 collection of resources, art, interviews, and more, for spiritual care providers offering presence in a climate-changed world. Read Issue 4...

How are you handling pushback to your preaching? The EcoPreacher Initiative has designed a workshop to help you with just that. Navigating Pushback in Climate Preaching is Thursday, June 25, 1–4pm ET. The line-up of preachers and storytellers is impressive, and you'll get real-time practice.

Tomorrow (Thursday), Rev. Ash Temin + Hailey Mitsui are discussing 'The Seed Keeper' by Diane Wilson over lunch, and we'd love to hear your thoughts and questions on this rich saga. Whether you've finished the book, are part-way through, or have this on your 'to read' list, join us!

In this companion episode to last week's conversation between host Autumn Brown and Rev. Katie Mears: Autumn and co-host Rev. Nicole Diroff wade into the deep waters of disaster, democracy, and accompaniment. Alongside Katie, they ask, “How do we cultivate agency in the face of climate change?”

We're deeply grateful for the generosity of Southern New England United Church of Christ (@sneucc.org), which is granting 10 registration full sponsorships to this year's BTS Center Convocation. This year's Convocation theme is Sacred Soil, inviting us to not only explore but participate

In this clip from Climate Changed, Rev. Katie Mears reflects on the spiritual and emotional dimensions of disaster response — not only the grief we feel about the future, but the grief people are carrying right now as they face hard choices about home, land, safety, and belonging.

Following Pope Leo's recent "Magnifica Humanitas," employees have more reason to be granted religious exemption from using AI. Says journalist Minda Zetlin: "A software engineer named Erin Maus, who is a Unitarian Universalist, recently got such an exemption from her employer. She explained that

Congratulations, EcoPreacher Cohort 2025-2026, on finishing a year-long journey of rigorous learning and deep connection. You're answering the call for our climate-changed world. We're with you, beside you, as you go forth and proclaim the urgent belovedness of this our home and the human and

[New episode!] Rev. Katie Mears has spent nearly 20 years working with communities as they prepare for, respond to, recover from, and adapt to disasters. In this episode, Autumn and Katie explore what faithful disaster response looks like in a climate-changed world. They discuss climate mobility,