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The Quiet House: Reflections on the Loss of a Spouse
Find comfort in a message of hope and healing.
The loss of a spouse is a devastating experience, but pastoral counselor Ron Greer invites readers into his own grief journey with messages of hope and healing. The Quiet House calls on the image of a home silenced by absence but also speaks about the possibility of moving forward together through the heartache of loss toward hope. Through an elegant series of personal reflections, Greer, a pastoral counselor, offers steps and reflections of healing while tending to marriage memories. Pastors may find this book a profound help and comfort for grieving members.
The loss of a spouse is a devastating experience, but pastoral counselor Ron Greer invites readers into his own grief journey with messages of hope and healing. The Quiet House calls on the image of a home silenced by absence but also speaks about the possibility of moving forward together through the heartache of loss toward hope. Through an elegant series of personal reflections, Greer, a pastoral counselor, offers steps and reflections of healing while tending to marriage memories. Pastors may find this book a profound help and comfort for grieving members.
140 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2023
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About the author
Ronald J. Greer
7 books2 followersRONALD J. GREER
AUTHOR OF
MARKINGS ON THE WINDOWSILL
A BOOK ABOUT GRIEF THATS REALLY ABOUT HOPE
RONALD J. GREER is a highly respected counselor and ordained United Methodist minister, who has worked with the Pastoral Counseling Service at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta for 25 years. He is a Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Greer is the author of the book MARKINGS ON THE WINDOWSILL: A BOOK ABOUT GRIEF THATS REALLY ABOUT HOPE (Dimensions for Living: an imprint of Abingdon Press / ISBN 978-0687-33363-9). As the father of a young son who died in a tragic car accident, he uses his broad experience as a counselor, a minister and a person who has known loss to shed light on grief and mourning. In this brief, moving book he writes of the hope and life that is ahead for those who courageously engage their grief and give it a voice.
Greer has conducted numerous workshops and has spoken hundreds of times at conferences, churches and organizations on a variety of issues, including grief and its healing, marriage enrichment, integrity and personal growth.
For many years, he was a columnist at the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, a publication for the United Methodist Church in Georgia. His column The Counselors Notebook addressed marriage, family and personal life.
As a native of Louisiana, Greer received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He also has a Master of Divinity from Emory University and a Master of Theology in pastoral counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary. He is a much sought after counselor at the 6,800 member Peachtree Road United Methodist Church (www.prumc.org) in Atlanta.
Greer and his wife, Karen, have been married for 35 years. They have two adult children, Patrick and Brooke.
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AUTHOR OF
MARKINGS ON THE WINDOWSILL
A BOOK ABOUT GRIEF THATS REALLY ABOUT HOPE
RONALD J. GREER is a highly respected counselor and ordained United Methodist minister, who has worked with the Pastoral Counseling Service at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta for 25 years. He is a Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Greer is the author of the book MARKINGS ON THE WINDOWSILL: A BOOK ABOUT GRIEF THATS REALLY ABOUT HOPE (Dimensions for Living: an imprint of Abingdon Press / ISBN 978-0687-33363-9). As the father of a young son who died in a tragic car accident, he uses his broad experience as a counselor, a minister and a person who has known loss to shed light on grief and mourning. In this brief, moving book he writes of the hope and life that is ahead for those who courageously engage their grief and give it a voice.
Greer has conducted numerous workshops and has spoken hundreds of times at conferences, churches and organizations on a variety of issues, including grief and its healing, marriage enrichment, integrity and personal growth.
For many years, he was a columnist at the Wesleyan Christian Advocate, a publication for the United Methodist Church in Georgia. His column The Counselors Notebook addressed marriage, family and personal life.
As a native of Louisiana, Greer received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He also has a Master of Divinity from Emory University and a Master of Theology in pastoral counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary. He is a much sought after counselor at the 6,800 member Peachtree Road United Methodist Church (www.prumc.org) in Atlanta.
Greer and his wife, Karen, have been married for 35 years. They have two adult children, Patrick and Brooke.
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February 5, 2024
As a Stephen Minister, I have been privileged to hear Ron Greer speak on several occasions. His words of quiet wisdom bring hope and eventual healing to those experiencing a profound loss.
He wrote The Quiet House following the death of his wife. He reminds us in this book that grief is not an option, but a devastating emotion that must be acknowledged and given a voice. There is no timeline for those on the grief journey, and he notes from personal experience that it requires patience to move on to a new normal. C.S. Lewis also wrote a profoundly moving book, A Grief Observed, about the loss of his wife.
Ron Greer's observations in all of his books will resonate with those going through a difficult time and with those who support them.
He wrote The Quiet House following the death of his wife. He reminds us in this book that grief is not an option, but a devastating emotion that must be acknowledged and given a voice. There is no timeline for those on the grief journey, and he notes from personal experience that it requires patience to move on to a new normal. C.S. Lewis also wrote a profoundly moving book, A Grief Observed, about the loss of his wife.
Ron Greer's observations in all of his books will resonate with those going through a difficult time and with those who support them.
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