A Bit of Earth is about the garden, but it’s also about us—as we are made from dirt.
This is an excerpt from Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi (1517 Publishing, 2024), pgs. 24-27
Thanksgiving is never out of place for the Christian.

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Christ is the beating heart of Christian faith and its only object.
What do we learn from the widow? We learn how to be dependent upon God.
You have real freedom through the gospel of Jesus Christ, a freedom that doesn’t rest on founders, votes, or power plays.
Jesus came for little children, and that is what we are. We are children of God.
Give thanks for St. Michael and the angels who fight for you.
Are you tempted to say with the father in Mark 9, today or any day, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief"?
What a small thing in the big picture to give his head for the Head of the Church who would give his life for John and all sinners.
The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
Heaven is yours now.
The relationship with God through Christ and renewal in his image in Christ cannot be taken away or compromised through suffering.
Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.