HP Rivers

  • “Love is the Spirit”

    Light pours through the windows As the church creaks and sighs, Heavy With the weight of countless Joys And sorrows. Heavy With the burden of Weddings, funerals, Dedications, ordinations, Rituals, gladness, And catastrophe. She sighs as her walls swell And her doors fly open As from the foundation Bursts forth Love: Unyielding Abundant Nurturing Liberating…

    HP Rivers

  • On Alcohol, Awakening, and Rising

    On Alcohol, Awakening, and Rising Helen Rose March 24, 2019 I will be two years sober this July. The last two years have been transformative in ways I never could have imagined, and the first gift of Divine love that I gave myself on this leg of my journey was recovery. Recovery allowed me to…

    HP Rivers

  • The Light of Godde

    The Light of Godde Helen Rose Written in November 2018 Revised and electronically published in March 2019 Once upon a time, a teacher told me to imagine a door in my mind’s eye, and to walk through it when I was ready. First to mind was the red door of the Catholic Church where I…

    HP Rivers

  • The Guardian Goddess

    “The Guardian Goddess became fatigued by this mission. Too many times had she been called upon to be the Soul’s eyes when they could not see the Light, protection when they could not find any for themselves, their whole being as they catapulted themselves dangerously and intentionally toward mortal danger…”

    HP Rivers

  • On Anxiety, Forgiveness, and Godde

    In every atom, every cell, and all the space between, there is nothing but Godde – and Godde is not what we’ve been told. Magic is not what we’ve been told. Godde is simply truth – and one piece of that truth that I’ve found for myself is that there is no perfection and there…

    HP Rivers

  • #GC2019 – Blessed are the Queer

    Blessed are the wanderers, Seeking affirmation. Blessed are the worshipers, Praying from closets, Pulpits, pews, and hardship. Blessed are the lovers of leaving – Leaving family and familiarity, Leaving tables Where love is not being served. Blessed are those who stay. Blessed are those Who hunger and thirst for justice – For they will be…

    HP Rivers

  • On Divine Love and Affirmation

    That is the story of how I came out as gay in a minister’s office in the Bible Belt and was met with nothing but love and congratulations. Absolutely everyone should be able to have such a positive, uplifting coming out experience. Absolutely everyone should have access to an affirming and loving spiritual home where…

    HP Rivers