Barley Cakes : Parables for the 21st Century
by Cheryl Cavalconte
Paperback - 96 pages (April 1, 2000)
WovenWord Press; ISBN: 0965813754

Barley Cakes: Parables for the 21st Century is a collection of 30 new parables, each drawn from one line of the Gospels. They all take place in The Village, a rural home to a group of wonderful people: the potter, the basket maker, the healer, the smallest child, the weaver, the prodigal parents, the flute maker and a cast of wonderful people seeking and sharing wisdom.

This cast of characters is distinguished by having no gendered pronouns to define their gender, and thus,since they are identified neither as male or female we can all find ourselves in each of the people in these stories.

Reverend Cheryl D. Cavalconte is ordained in the American Catholic Church. She is an author, liturgist, spiritual director and college English instructor. Reverend Cavalconte leads retreats on recovery, healing, prayer and the enneagram. She is a story teller par excellance.