HP Rivers (they/she)

Hey y’all, it’s been a minute.
Don’t forget about Blessed Bee by HP Rivers for all your Good Trouble clothing needs. Every sale supports my community-based ministry in Appalachia and allows me to offer no-cost pastoral care to UU religious professionals and young adults. 💛💛

New poetry collection out today: Love Songs for the Revolution

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Early estimates saying 5000 participants in the No Kings demonstration in Knoxville, TN today! At least double the turnout of Hands Off

Today is “Hail Mary shipping day” for pre-GA orders at Blessed Bee - if you order today with standard shipping, you should still receive your items in time for #UUAGA

The fact that the post directly after this is two pictures of your cat tho 😂

Got all my busy work for the week done early and I couldn’t figure out what the heck it is I need to be doing until I’m ready to write my sermon.

Spirit practically screamed in my ear, “Reading and praying, bruh. You’re a minister, you’re supposed to be reading and praying.” Oh yeah, that. 😅

Having ADHD yourself while parenting an ADHD kid be like:
“No point trying to lie to me, I can already tell you and your lizard brain just did exactly what me and my lizard brain would do in that situation.”

My favorite thing about my dog is she’s always just as excited as I am to get back in bed. 🥹

New hats just dropped at Blessed Bee ☺️☺️

From my in-depth 30 seconds of googling, it would seem this colleague in ministry is at least not a thinly-veiled, poorly-written comic book villain, which these days counts as a win.

(Cardinal Prevost) said a church leader is “called authentically to be humble, to be close to the people (they) serve(s), to walk with them, to suffer with them.”

My neighbor hates it when I smoke on the porch when her windows are open.
I hate it when she blasts worship music from her open windows for the whole neighborhood to hear.
Good news is we both have the right to do whatever floats our boats, because #merika #freedom

Are yo-UU ready for it?
#uu #uuaga #uubluesky #uubsky

10/10, no notes

Best part?
When a community orders at least 15 shirts, their party host gets any shirt of their choice for free.
Hit me up at helen@blessedbeebyhp.com to get started 💜

Everyone places their own orders and selects their pickup location through our site.
We’ll send everything in one shipment and email you an easy printable pickup checklist to make distribution a breeze.

I’m having a pre-order party! Email me to let me know if you can be a party host, aka a pickup site.
I’ll add you as a pickup location option and send you the pre-order party shop link.
Then share the pre-order party page with your community.

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

Thousands in Knoxville, Tennessee showed up!

Today way pretty cool
#handsoff #knoxville #sidewithlove

“Don’t lick the dog.”
“That’s how she kisses me!”
Honestly I don’t have much of a comeback because the logic is flawless and adorable. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Don't be afraid to call things by what they are. MAGA is a terrorist organization, ICE is a secret police force conducting Ethnic Cleansing, Elon Musk is an oligarch, and Trump is a foreign backed coup d'état figurehead. This is not an administration, this is a regime, and your country is occupied.

Don’t tell the other Unitarian Universalists, but I got fancy fair trade organic coffee beans with my groceries this week and I’m so mad I have to get through a whole pound of this crap before going back to Cafe Bustelo. 😩

I find it disrespectful and just weird, and I have a very clear sense my ancestors do too. Many of my ancestors were religious leaders - so many Anglican and Christian Reverends and Pastors and a few Catholic Priests - it’s not just insulting to their faith, it’s insulting to their work and call.

My hobby for about the last year or so has been building my family tree. I’ve learned a lot and my tree currently has nearly 2000 people on it. In my entire life, few things have filled me with more rage than discovering some of my Catholic ancestors were posthumously baptized by the Mormon church.

& this collection in collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society, featuring some old favorites and new takes. #blessedbeebyhp