To Dwell in Your House

“To Dwell in Your House provides rich spiritual companionship to those who themselves are dedicated to providing spiritual companionship to the ill. The brief, accessible, clear vignettes illuminate with brilliant psycho-spiritual insight many of the core issues we face when our health is compromised, and how the sensitive care provider can effectively accompany, uplift, and comfort . . .”


—Nancy Flam, Senior Program Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality





“Freeman offers unique insights into the resources and struggles of patients who confront challenging health crises at home. She takes the reader along on some of her home-health visits and describes how chaplains address spiritual needs and ‘co-journey’ with patients and families. Including diverse religious and secular perspectives, she stimulates deeper reflection of spiritual questions that arise in patient encounters. This book is a rich resource for chaplains as well as other healthcare professionals who attend to spiritual and existential aspects of their work.”


—Dagmar Grefe, Author of Encounters for Change





“I love these artful demonstrations of spiritual care presented in a way that will give the reader valuable tools for developing and refining their own clinical experience. Wisdom and truth speak through the examples shared. I expect your life and work will be enriched, as mine is, through these stories.”


—Martha Rutland, Director of ACPE at VITAS Healthcare, New Smyrna Beach, Florida








“Right from the outset of her wise new book, To Dwell in Your House, Susan Freeman points out that ‘we are all caregivers.’. . . we will all face the sometimes profound and sometimes exhausting task of finding the right words and actions to relieve the spiritual pain of a person who is seriously ill or dying. There is no recipe for how to respond to a patient’s, and our own, needs at such challenging times. Instead, this book provides a bountiful buffet of insightful reflections, healing inspirations, and tangible suggestions for those of us who become caregivers by choice or necessity.”


— Laura Michaels, Licensed Professional Counselor, Denver, Colorado