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, 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 in a blend of vivid storytelling and unfiltered candor,
