Endorsements:

“After a lifetime of faithful, compassionate pastoral counseling, Ron Greer now guides us through one of life’s greatest challenges: the loss of someone we love. I predict that this will become the book that we pastors will give to those who walk through the valley.”

Will Willimon, United Methodist Bishop, retired, Professor of the Practice of Ministry, Duke Divinity School

“The Quiet House offers us something incredibly helpful – reflections by a married partner who lost his spouse of almost fifty years. In these pages, we remember what it means to be fully alive, to love, and to be loved. The Quiet House will shine a ray of God’s light upon your soul.”

Bill Britt, Senior Minister, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia

“Ron Greer writes like not only the wise therapist he is but also like a poet, choosing words carefully, making you want to read many sentences one more time. His journey may be unique, but the heart of it is universal, helping you see that you are not alone. In sharing about his own loss, he encourages us to surrender to a healthy grieving process which can lead to wholeness, if we let God and others in.”

Claire O. Bowen, HR Specialist

“In The Quiet House, Ron Greer describes the awful life of grief and its painful grasp. He offers his readers the sure knowledge of the grace and peace that is possible.”

Bill Curry, retired NFL player and motivational speaker

“The Quiet House is a must-read for widows and widowers and all of us who know them, work with them, or love them. As a seasoned counselor, Ron Greer combines that expertise with his own painful journey through the loss of his beloved wife. As a grief counselor, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.”

Judy Wolfe, MDiv, CT, BCC

“As a pastor I often hear from grieving spouses that the house is so quiet. Ron Greer writes honestly about his own experience of a house that is strangely quiet with grief. He bears witness to his own story of loss while opening a space for our stories to be heard. His pastoral counselor hat is shifted slightly to reveal the shape and contours of grief and loss incarnate in his own journey. He then offers practices that can help us discover that our different life is still full and good.”

Karen Kagiyama, O. Wayne Rollins Director of Pastoral Care, Wesley Woods Senior Living