Jonathan could do nothing to stop his wife's losing battle with cancer. With twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave him with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of the bed.

Kat, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small-town Texas. Life may be dull, but it's predictable, unlike her life with her late husband. Kat concludes a happy, committed relationship with a male is impossible, so she makes peace with herself. If nuns can live celibate, why can't she?

One Sunday, Jonathan spies a golden beam of light descending upon Kat while she's directing the choir. Why hasn't he noticed how beautiful she was before? From here on out, Jonathan knows he'll be preachin' to the choir, but will Kat—and his congregation and their children—let him?