• Finding Hildegard

  • Healing Through Medieval Wisdom
  • By: Gregg Koskela
  • Narrated by: Gregg Koskela
  • Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
  • 2.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Finding Hildegard

By: Gregg Koskela
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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.

©2019 Gregg Koskela (P)2022 Gregg Koskela

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"Beautifully written memoir." (Melanie Shankle, NYT best-selling author)

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Wasn’t what I hoped

I am a student of Hildegard. This book was much less about her than about the author. And I just could not get past feeling like I was listening to a dreary sermon for the entirety of the book. I got through it, but barely and it will soon be forgotten. I hate to be harsh because I believe the author is trying to share something with his readers but it was unappealing to me.

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