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Finding Hildegard: healing through medieval wisdom

Finding Hildegard: healing through medieval wisdom - Paperback

by Gregg Koskela
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gregg KoskelaPublish date:2019-12-02Pages:182
Language:EnglishPublisher:Gregg KoskelaISBN-13:9780578618944ISBN-10:057861894XUPC:9780578618944Book Category:Self-Help, ReligionBook Subcategory:Spiritual, Spirituality, MysticismSize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCBEGD0GFG

Each day, it seems another Christian institution or leader breaks our trust, raising questions about whether faith is an asset or a liability for living today. After almost three decades as a pastor, Gregg Koskela watched the disillusionment and pain grow as their church community splintered and broke apart. Looking for wisdom and a perspective on faith that has stood the test of time, he found Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)--a remarkable medieval woman who experienced the living vitality of God in all of creation. Her mystical visions are wild, but her faith is rooted in the gritty earth, seeing in the incarnation of Jesus an antidote to our modern tendency to separate the spiritual from the physical world.

Hildegard reminds us that though institutions and relationships break, God is still worth seeking. Koskela weaves his own experience with her life and words, honestly sharing his own journey toward finding this God who Hildegard makes so life giving.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Gregg KoskelaISBN-13:9780578618944ISBN-10:057861894XUPC:9780578618944Book Category:Self-Help, ReligionBook Subcategory:Spiritual, Spirituality, MysticismSize:8.50 x 5.51 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCBEGD0GFG
Koskela, Gregg: - I love exploring...people, places, words, truths. I love encouraging people toward honesty, toward being their best selves. Writing is one way I try to live out those loves. After spending decades as a pastor, I no longer have that as my job. Our faith community shattered, and I'm still unraveling the shrapnel. Over the last year I've immersed myself in the writings of women from the middle ages, mystics like Hildegard of Bingen who have grounded me and given me new (and ancient) spiritual life. After taking a spiritual retreat in the place of her birth and life in Germany, I've written a book about what she is teaching me. Finding Papa is one of the projects closest to my heart. My grandfather was the kindest man I ever knew. My desire to understand him and present him to the world has uncovered all the things he stuffed: a dad who left, anguish and guilt over atrocities in World War II, and a brother who committed suicide, to name just a few. It's become a written journey exploring vulnerability and honesty, and my own story and truths are woven through it. I hope to finish it soon and move toward publication. Elaine and I have been married almost 30 years, and have three children. Aubrey will graduate high school, and Hayley will graduate college, in June of 2020. Natalie is pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is married to Nolan.
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