Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region by Giersch, Peter A.
Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region by Giersch, Peter A.

Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region

So you go to France for your fortieth birthday for a quiet time of prayer, good wine,...
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Author: Peter A. Giersch
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Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region by Giersch, Peter A.

Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region

$22.74
Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region by Giersch, Peter A.

Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region

$22.74
Author: Peter A. Giersch
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

So you go to France for your fortieth birthday for a quiet time of prayer, good wine, and a peaceful monastic experience. What could possibly go wrong?

In this bracingly honest and unexpectedly funny narrative, Peter Giersch recounts the journey that began as a simple getaway but evolved into the most transformative experience of his life. Follow the author as he takes you from the bustling streets of Paris to a secluded monastery in the Burgundy region -- and then into the depths of a "dark night of the soul" that threatens the very foundations of his faith.

Part travelogue and part spiritual memoir, Giersch ponders the existential imperative in conversation with the great minds of Western civilization and twentieth-century pop culture. Blending vivid storytelling and unfiltered candor, Giersch's story reflects J. D. Salinger's first-person conversational style and C. S. Lewis's intellectual approach to the Faith, making it a sort of Catcher in the Rye meets Mere Christianity, which dares to voice the deepest doubts and questions we've all been grappling with.

As his Ignatian retreat becomes a battleground of faith and doubt, Giersch grapples with the hardest issues -- sex, sin, suffering, and mortality -- and discovers that God is far more patient, creative, and mischievously loving than we ever imagined. The result is a gorgeous literary memoir that is brutally honest and relentlessly hopeful.

For anyone who has ever sought God at the intersection of the secular world and the inner life, for anyone who has ever longed to figure out where God is hiding in the chaos of the twenty-first century, this book will bring clarity to the questions and joy in the answers.

Author: Peter A. Giersch
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 04/21/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9798889116721

About the Author

Peter Giersch has had a varied career in business, academia, and the arts. After a stint as a teacher and nonprofit executive, he launched Cathedral Consulting Group, overseeing its growth into a multinational, multimillion-dollar management consulting firm. Currently serving as founder and CEO of the Giersch Group, Peter has published several Catholic devotional books, including Day by Day with the Catechism, and has been active in Legatus and the Rotary Club. He is a former member of the board of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and collaborates musically with his talented children, streaming under the name of Giersch At Last. Peter lives near Milwaukee with his wife of more than thirty years and with whichever of his five children might be living at home at the moment.


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