Homes with Heart: Turning Living Spaces Into Loving Places

by Ruth Frost

So much of our world today is crying out for welcome, refuge, and belonging.Homes with Heart is both inspiration and guide for people to create home in the first, through their own living spaces; second, within families of choice; and third, through supportive communities. While author Ruth Frost includes elements of home design, she also delves deeply into making home in the world through the power of love in community and offers practical tools to help people overcome obstacles associated with home living, such as homes obstructed by clutter, homes associated with traumatic events, or homes that need to support families in transition.

Sharing both from Frost’s own life experience and that of others including children, refugees, trauma survivors, and home hospice patients Homes with Heart extends well beyond “bricks and mortar”; it deals with who we are and how we live in the world within and beyond the walls that shelter us, inspiring laughter and tears in equal measure.

Genres: Memoir

280 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2021

Reviews

[Naomi]

Part memoir, part guide book, this book covers a lot of terrain. By centering it around the topic of home, especially creating a "home with heart," Frost has included a depth and breadth of what that means from being at home with oneself to inhabiting a world that does not always welcome or accept difference. There are many wonderful stories here from Frost's full and courageous life. A delightful variety of humans, with all of their struggles, humor and grace, are represented. A constant thread that is woven all through this book is the author's lived spirituality.

[Joan Olson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book focuses on home both as a noun and a verb. Through the lens of her lived experience, Frost blends memoir, theology and how-to tips to create a wide-ranging book that at its heart is all about the power of love.

[Connie Kronlokken]

A lively book, full of good ideas and well-told illustrative stories!

[Helen Frost · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Chapter by chapter, it expands my sense of home, and makes me want to share with many different friends. So much history woven through it, so much strength, so much heart.

[Anna Weisenburger Mellem · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book touched my heart and soul. I think we could all use more of what it champions: community, hospitality, belonging.