Lights out
Subtitle: living in a sightless world
By: Travis Freeman
Publisher: The Freeman Foundation
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Corbin, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780578146553
Subjects: Blind; Biography; Blind athletes; Christian biography; Personnes aveugles; Biographies; Sportifs aveugles; Biographies chrétiennes
Description: When the lights go out, play harder. Travis Freeman plunged into a world of darkness at 12 years old. A rare occurrence of a routine illness stole his sight, leaving the small town Kentucky boy's dreams of football and fun languishing on the sidelines. Having given his heart to Jesus merely a year before the illness, Travis knew one thing: God was still the light for his life. That life story is now the inspiration for a major motion picture, "23 Blast" that hits theatres in October 2014. Starring Dylan Baker (Spiderman, The Good Wife) and Mark Hapka (Days Of Our Lives, Criminal Minds), the film focuses on Travis's football career playing Center for the Corbin Red-hounds -- a team that went on to win the state championship. Yet there is even more wisdom and hope for us to find in a full telling of Travis Freeman's story. So much more to hear that couldn't be included in The Today Show and Dateline coverage of his football exploits. This graduate of the University of Kentucky and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary now joins with seasoned writer Rebeca Seitz to share his story in his own words. His is a story that is destined to turn the lights on for millions of readers.
Notes: How do you live in a dark world?  Travis Freeman has answered that question for twenty years, since the day he lost his sight at 12 years old to a raging illness.  Through the years of playing football blind, to living in the glare of the national media spotlight, to serving as an equipment manager for the University of Kentucky football team, to educational and vocational accomplishments, his answer has expanded.  Today, Travis knows that his answer is just as relevant for the sighted as well as the blind.  For the first time, Travis shares the complete life story that inspired the major motion picture "23 Blast" as well as the insights and wisdom gleaned from a life without physical sight, but steeped in spiritual and practical vision.  With his applications to sighted life and itps for engaging more easily with the blind, Travis Freeman's story and wisdom show us how to live -- even with the lights out.