HP Rivers

  • Screaming at God & Screaming Into the Void

    Delivered at High Street Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday, April 30, 2023 The title for this sermon comes from my poem, Screaming at God. You can find that and many more in my recent book, Something Resembling God, now available on Amazon. An audio recording of this sermon can be found here. Do you remember…

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  • “This I Know” – An Installation Blessing

    LREDA and UUMA Colleagues may use this video for worship, etc. free of charge. Please be sure to use my correct pronouns – they/them – when giving attribution. Click here to support my work. “This I Know” – A Blessing for the Ministries of the Rev. Misha Dawn Sanders and Northwest Unitarian Universalist CongregationWritten by HP…

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  • The Fertile Darkness – Winter Solstice 2021 Service

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  • A Testimony – A Sermon on Coming Out, Being a Queer UU, and Beloved Community

    The reading omitted from the video is “Angels of the Get Through” by Andrea Gibson When I first visited my home church, the minister told me she believes in God on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and alternate weekends. I didn’t believe in God at all. I was raised kind of Catholic and kind of nondenominational Christian…

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  • Time for All Ages With Mx. Helen (Video Playlist)

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  • On Grief – New Year’s Eve 2020

    Written for Westside UU and Tennessee Valley UU’s joint New Year’s Eve vespers service, December 31, 2020. “GriefIs not an energyThat can be clearedWith sageOr good intentions. It demandsTo be felt fully,Because after all –It only growsIn the voidWhere loveOnce flourished,And love’s woundsRun soul-deep.” Love’s wounds run soul-deep. I wrote this a few weeks ago…

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  • Playlist – Time for All Ages with Helen

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOYBqH_w2OxUMF-jUKMXhkSz4R4geX9gf

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