Leaving META - Hello Bluesky
Leaving Meta Platforms – I’m saying goodbye to all Meta Platforms for obvious reasons. I’ll truly miss seeing many of my friend’s quick updates,...
Reflection #50 The Toxic Myth of Hard Work
The Gap Year: Life in Transition “Love turns work into rest.” ― Teresa of Avila In religious institutions, where I worked, and the medical community, in...
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I truly appreciate our conversations. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt reflections. Reflection #49 My Body Feel more aches & pains, affected by the...
Reflection # 49 My Body
The Gap Year“Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep....
Reflection #48 Death and Love
Life Transitions (The Gap Year) “Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.” –Clare of Assisi You’ve probably noticed that I’ve not yet...
Reflection #47 Learning to Let Go
Carnegie Museum of Art In this house, all must be friends, all must be loved, all must be held dear, and all must be helped. --Teresa of Avila As a hospice...
Reflection #45 Simple Lessons
“I admonish and exhort all my sisters, both those present and those to come, to strive always to imitate the way of holy simplicity, humility, and poverty.”...
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My thanks to all who write sharing your wisdom with me. Now, I share it with others. We are not alone… Jan 8, 2025 Reflection # 43 A New Year What beautiful...
Reflection #43 A New Year
“Because the way and path is difficult and the gate through which one passes and enters to life is narrow, there are both few who walk it and enter through...
Reflection #44 Epiphany!
Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.” ― Hildegard of Bingen Again this year, as always, the...
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Reflection #46 Beginner’s Mind Nothing great is ever achieved without enduring much. -- Catherine of Siena We’ve come to the end of 2024, and 2025 is just...
Reflection #41 Creeping Entitlement
The Gap Year, by Patricia D. Brown Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. --Clare of Assisi I’ve been convicted of the sin of entitlement. I...
Reflection #42 Holiday Cool
The Gap Year: Reflection # 42 Holiday-Cool “May neither bitterness nor a cloud of sadness overwhelm you.” –Clare of Assisi Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “We are...
Reflecton #40 The Gap Year: Living With Passion
Reflection # 40 Living With Passion “May you go forward securely, joyfully, and swiftly, on the path of prudent happiness.” --Clare of Assisi I want to...
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Reflection on Cleaning House and Right-Sizing: Just got rid of a large amount of things at the church that the secretary had inappropriately (and without...
Reflection #53 Building Bridges
The Gap Year: Reflection #53 Building Bridges Patricia D. Brown We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. -- Hildegard of Bingen...
Spiritworks Winter Solstice 2024 Celebration
Winter Solstice Celebration. Saturday, December 21, 2024 5:00-8:00 p.m. - Join Penn Forest, together with sponsor Spiritworks, for a Winter Solstice Time of...
Reflection #39 Shifting Gears
The Gap Year by Patricia D. Brown Reflection # 39 Shifting Gears “The work you have begun so well, complete it!” --Clare of Assisi In this gap year, humility...
Process for Lectio Cogitatio with Groups
Grief Resource Exhibit Interactive Presentation October 26, 2024 Patricia D. Brown, MDiv. PhD. Lectio Cogitatio (Reflective Reading)is an interactive process...
Bereavement Grief Resource Event
This Saturday, October 26, I am one of the presenters at the Pittsburgh Bereavement Network's Regional Grief Resource Exhibit. The event is 9:00 - 3:00. At...