A spiritual man named Joshua takes a job as a carpenter in late twentieth-century rural America and has a profound effect on the townspeople before being confronted by its church leaders.
The Biblical parable of the sower who scatters seed on hard ground, rocky soil, in the weeds, and in good soil is presented in the story of a farmer who hurries to plant even though he has broken his glasses.
A servant of the Watermaster, a kind man who gives water freely to the thirsty people of a desert village, tries to restrict this gift by imposing his own terms on it, even though his master wishes to share the water with all.
Three knights set out on a perilous journey to reach the king's castle, but the only one to reach his goal is the one who was wise enough to listen to the song of the king.
A retelling of the Sufi parable, "The Conference of the Birds," a poem written in the thirteenth century, in which the birds of the Earth face seven invisible monsters in order to save the world.
Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, believes he has received the answer to his prayers when he finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but tragedy soon follows.
