Peace, Be Still

About the Book

There are those to whom we naturally turn for prayer, and Greg Johnson is such a one. Called into ministry with those who carry heavy burden he never fails to find the grace that lives even within the hardest of times. Though this is a gift from God, the ability to receive it is hard-won. No human challenge goes unacknowledged, and no human person unloved, in these prayers and meditations.
—The Rev. Dr. Barbara C. Crafton

How can you carry on when supporting your loved one seems to demand more than you can give at times? Marion Gambardella and Gregory Johnson are two people who know the answer to that question. They have walked the path! Marion Gambardella has blessed me and my family with her love and rich spiritual insights. This book offers us the nourishment that can give us the strength to meet the caregivers demands.
—Rev. Phillip Pierson, former co-host
of the The Best is Yet to Be television program
and vice president of Unity School of Christianity

Peace, Be Still is a deeply religious book - in the best sense of the word. In their intensely compassionate way, Reverends Johnson and Gambardella have provided encouragement and a Divine shoulder on which to lean for those who give so much of themselves to care for loved ones. Even for those who are non-believers, this volume’s meditations can focus the mind and provide inspiration for the noble task of caring for a fellow human being. The book ranges from the poetic to the practical by including an essential guide to resources for family caregiving.
—Georgette F. Bennett, Ph.D.
President and Founder
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

About the Author

Reverend Gregory L. Johnson is an ordained Inter-faith Minister serving at The Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. In both his professional and private life, he has been a tireless champion for increased awareness, understanding and support for family caregiving.

Reverend Johnson has received numerous awards, honors and recognitions within the fields of health care, family caregiving and service to others. He is also a member of Speaker Christine Quinn’s NYC Council’s Hate Crimes Task Force for Clergy.

Through family caregiving, he is committed to helping others celebrate the things we share in common and honor those that make us unique: living the Golden Rule. Reverend Johnson resides in New York City and Bali, Indonesia.

Reverend Marion A. Gambardella has helped others achieve wholeness through the integration of mind, body and spirit for more than two decades. She obtained her teaching, counseling and licensing credentials through The Unity Institute and The Association of Unity Churches and also through Religious Science International (Science of Mind).

Marion—Co-Chair of the New York City Partnership for Family Caregiver Corps.—was ordained as an Interfaith Minister through The New Seminary of New York.

She has been a frequent speaker at the Unity Center of New York Sunday Services at the Lincoln Center and a guest speaker/workshop leader at various Church, Holistic and Spiritual Centers Coast to Coast and has appeared on numerous health and wellness programs on National Television. Rev. Marion has received various awards for her outreach community work including one from the U.S. House of Representatives-Certifi cate of Special Congressional Recognition for her outstanding and invaluable service to the Community. Marion provides one on- one spiritual counseling and conducts monthly Caregiving Support Group Meetings in New York City where she resides.