• Flower Communion Compassion Meditation

    Consider for a moment what you need upon your journey. Do you need a companion? A community? A moment to pause…?


  • A Pagan Retelling of the Prayer of St. Francis

    Goddess, make me an instrument of peace…


  • Glory, Hallelujah and the Universal Manager

    Glory, Hallelujah and the Universal Manager Helen Rose September 27, 2019 Gosh, what was the last time I wrote a blog post? It’s been a hot minute, and I’m so glad to be back. You might notice the blog looks quite a bit different. As I prepared to enter my new job, I took down…


  • 7 Wonders

    Written by Helen Rose. Delivered at Westside Unitarian Universalist Church on June 2, 2019.


  • A Ritual for Honoring Pain

    I’ve been at kind of a loss as to how I should proceed with my blog. I love writing and I love sharing my journey – and I also feel like what I’ve been posting lately (when it isn’t poetry) has been really preachy and leans toward oversharing rather than actual vulnerability. (Thanks to Brené Brown…


  • 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…