The Kiln and Kingdom

When Sarah Mitchell inherits her great-aunt Ruth’s pottery cottage in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she and her family receive more than four walls and a kiln—they receive a calling. Still mending their own fractures, the Mitchells open the workshop as a retreat for broken families, trusting that the same Potter who is reshaping them can reshape others.

Their first guests are the Delaneys: Jocelyn, a single mother exhausted by deadlines and guilt; her teenage son Tyler, simmering with rage; fourteen-year-old Bree, hiding behind a perfect online image; and eleven-year-old Cam, who hasn’t spoken in months since his father walked out.

As two families share clay-covered hands, mismatched mugs, mountain sunsets, and late-night conversations, the ancient biblical truth comes alive: We have this treasure in jars of clay… In the patient spin of the wheel, the heat of the kiln, and the honest work of showing up, something beautiful begins to form from the cracks.

A tender, hope-filled novel of faith, family, and the fire that finishes the work, Kiln & Kingdom reminds every reader that God specializes in remaking what feels irreparably broken—and that sometimes the most useful vessels are the ones that were once shattered. Perfect for fans of heartfelt Christian fiction and stories of quiet restoration.