Elsie Schwerin

The Basket Weaver Elsie Schwerin

The Centurions horse reared wildly, as it panicked at the noise of the busy marketplace. As his front hooves came down, crashing into Maleena's back, he sent her sprawling onto the cobblestone street, her hands stretched out in front of her. There had been no opportunity to protect her four-month pregnant belly, and the thought flashed through her mind, that she had not yet told Phineas the news, that there would soon be another mouth to feed. As she struggled through the intense pain to get up, the bright sunshine faded to blackness, and she slumped to the ground. The "story behind the story" answers some questions, as the Bible is not explicit about why there was not enough wine at the wedding of Caana, or how Doctor Luke came to be a disciple. Was Mary Magdalin "possessed" as a child, and why was Rachel, the woman at the well, married five times? How did Cara, the young woman dragged before Jesus and accused of adultery, ever get herself into such a predicament; and why did her mother, Moirah, think that just touching Jesus clothes, would heal her of a twelve-yearlong problem? How did there happen to be twelve baskets available to gather the leftovers, after Jesus used a little boy's lunch to feed a multitude? The little boy, Jebby, watches in amazement as he sees this miracle unfold before his eyes. The lives of many people, fisherman and farmers; merchants, carpenters and soldiers, are woven together to tell the "story behind the story." Humor and tragedy, adventure, drama, and romance depict the lives of the people that make up the tapestry of the "story behind the story" of the greatest story ever told.