The Winter Planting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798995353607)

"We are all broken. That's how the light gets in," said Ernest Hemingway.

Some are more broken than others, Mr. Hemingway. The light at first blinds those long in despair. At first, so brightly, we could not see. Our minds resist. If we are to heal, it must come from the heart.

At seventy-three, Keith Stuhler had spent four decades hiding behind drugs, depression, and a carefully constructed facade. A former professional golfer and charity founder, he had fooled everyone except himself. When his marriage reached a breaking point and every safety net collapsed, Keith walked across a concrete bridge into Faith Farm, a Christian regeneration program for homeless addicts in South Florida. He wasn't looking for God. He was looking for somewhere to disappear.

What followed was a year without distraction. No phones, no television, no escape. A year of brutal honesty and nightly journal conversations with a presence he didn't believe in, until he did. Keith became the oldest graduate in the program's seventy-six-year history.

The Winter Planting is proof that it is never too late to change, and that even frozen ground can bear fruit.

A memoir for readers of recovery literature, faith-based personal stories, and accounts of late-life transformation. The Winter Planting speaks to anyone who has wondered whether it is too late to begin again.