Many years after the sign of the star, Melchior, one of the three wise men, returns to Judea to receive counsel from the King of the Jews. Unexpectedly finding him in the countryside teaching rather than ruling on the throne, Melchior searches for answers and finds healing in the process. A historical fiction that address contemporary concerns, this book is a balm for the wounded soul.

The Wise Man Returns

Literature & Fiction

Kenny Kemp

Literary

Cedar Fort. Inc.

This intriguing collection of short stories from master storytellers shares the wealth of lessons available all around us---if we know how to look. Powerfully written and filled with precious insights, these stories teach timeless messages in a modern setting. Together these stories make for an entertaining and engrossing read that's perfect for sharing with friends and family!

Parables for Today

David Farland

Marilyn Brown

Short Stories & Anthologies

Tom and April Waring have a great life, a successful business, and a healthy, happy little boy. Best of all, they are deeply in love. But the good times come to a screeching halt when Tom is diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Though Tom's faith gives him peace as he faces death's dark doorway, April, an agnostic, is distraught. So at Tom's deathbed, she surprises them both when she takes his hand, tears in her eyes, and whispers, "When you get to the other side - if there is another side - and there is a God, promise me you'll come back and tell me!" Tom squeezes her hand weakly and nods. "I promise." Thus begins Tom Waring's adventure in Heaven, a place totally unlike the harps-and-halos scenario he had always imagined - more like graduate school than Sunday School. When his request to return to Earth is routinely denied, Tom must make a fateful decision: Does he have the courage to risk eveything -even his very soul - to keep his promise to April?

I Hated Heaven

Contemporary

Kemp Enterprises Inc

The long-awaited paperback version of Kenny Kemp's acclaimed memoir about his father, O.C. Kemp, a WWII vet, whose battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) changed the lives of everyone who knew him. Winner of the Grand Prize in the Writer's Digest National Self-Published Book Awards, this short but affecting book was reprinted in hardcover by HarperCollins.

Dad Was a Carpenter: A Father, A Son, and the Blueprints for a Meaningful Life

Acme Publishing Co

Finally in paperback, this is the first novella in the Parables of the Carpenter series previously available only in hardback. In this, the first entry in the series, Kenny Kemp deftly places a young Jesus of Nazareth in the very stories he will one day teach the world. On this occasion, Jesus (or Jeshua as he is known in his native Aramaic) has been hired to repair the front door of a wealthy landowner's mansion. While there, Jeshua learns of a family in crisis: the younger brother Reuben has taken his inheritance and left his family, wasting his means and life in a foreign land while his older brother Simeon remains behind, bitterly but faithfully fulfilling his family obligations. Their father Eli, saddened by his two disappointing sons, seeks answers from his rabbi, a traveling merchant, and finally, from the young craftsman Jeshua. This remarkable and unique take on the most famous story of all --- the Prodigal Son --- takes the reader into the world of the New Testament in a way seldom attempted and even more rarely achieved: fascinating characters, a fully-realized time and place, and an unforgettable look at the most famous teacher of all: Jesus of Nazareth.

The Welcoming Door

Religion & Spirituality

Young Polynesian Oki is fishing not far from his island--the only land he has ever known--when a terrible storm arises. When the dark clouds clear, Oki discovers that his island is gone and he's lost at sea with only his wits and the meager provisions in his tiny outrigger to sustain him. As he searches for home, he discovers islands both strikingly similar and strangely different from his own--people and places that challenge everything he believes to be true. In this inventive take on the hero's journey, award-winning author and filmmaker Kenny Kemp weaves a fascinating tale of courage, hope, and triumph. This beautifully-written allegory about listening to the subtle whisperings of the Universe amidst the cacophony of closer and louder voices that would steer you away from your own destiny is a marvelous insight into your own spiritual journey. Like Jonathan, Oki learns what it means to truly fly. So will you!

Oki's Island: A Hero's Journey

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Alta Films

THE END IS ONLY THE BEGINNING A deadly virus rages across ancient Africa and young tribesman K'tanu is the only one who is immune. Yet without counting the cost, he gives his life to save his loved ones. After lying dormant for six thousand years, the virus, now known as Cobalt, reawakens and again begins its destructive march across the planet. When all seems lost, archeologists in Africa unearth a mummy whose perfectly-preserved heart is incredibly immune to the virus. In a final, desparate attempt to stop Cobalt, scientists illegally clone the mummy. At that moment, K'tanu's soul is torn from his wife and children in the afterlife Lightland and thrust back into mortality. At first K'tanu is just another medical marvel and the scientists who cloned him have no idea they have interfered with the journey of his soul. But he eventually remembers who he is and realizes that to be reunited with his family in Lightland, he must first return to Africa. He is joined on his perilous journey by Christopher Tempest, the brilliant but reckless archeologist who recovered the mummy, and Kate Seagram, the beautiful and tenacious researcher who is trying to unlock Cobalt's deadly secrets. Together they will uncover two pasts... one future.

Lightland

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

ALTA Films Press

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