The Heaviest Burden

The Heaviest Burden Batak People – Indonesia   ‘Everybody has her burden, but the heaviest burden is for the small and the low.’   On the island of Sumatra there was a majestic mango tree. It had heavy branches that rose like arms to the sky and thick foliage from which hung large and fleshy…

Lot’s Dilemma

Lot’s Dilemma Palestine   Before dying, Abraham had taken three saplings from the tamarisks that he had planted near his well in Beersheba to his nephew Lot. He had asked Lot to plant these saplings in Jerusalem, and to take care of them, so that the living work of his hands could survive in the…

The Community of the Round Table

The Community of the Round Table Celtic Tradition – Britain and France   Arthur had been silent for a long time as he watched, with a reflective half-smile, the knights and ladies gathered in the great hall of Camelot.  He enjoyed the meetings of the Round Table community, especially the annual Pentecost meetings, when all…