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Bill Kemp

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Brawley, California (altitude -112ft), The United States

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Christian, Religion, Historical Fiction

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Bill has a sticky mind. He loves assimilating ideas from a variety of sources and applying them to everyday life, as well as, everyday religion. He loves to tell stories. He also believes in the power of a simple illustration. When Bill was a child, his father often answered questions by grabbing a napkin and drawing a picture. It’s worth a thousand words. Today, Bill will often use a thousand well chosen words to leave a vivid image in a reader’s mind.

For over three decades Bill’s day job was as a United Methodist pastor. For the last dozen years, he has been mostly writing. His fiction books, such as the recently released, Mary Sees All - the Race to Save Jesus from the Cross, are designed to allow even the non-religious reader to appreci ...more

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	Mary Sees All: The Race to Save Jesus from the Cross (Bethany's People Book 1) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holy Places, Small Spaces: A Hopeful Future for The Small Membership Church really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Peter's Boat: Renewing the Vitality of Burned-Out Church Workers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reality Check 101: New Paths for a Changing Church really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ezekiel's Bones: Rekindling Your Congregation's Spiritual Passion really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Help! My Church is Leaving Me: Adapting to a Changing UMC by Bill Kemp (Goodreads Author), Darrell Coats, Joe Fort really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	I Believe: A Full-Length Lenten Drama 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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