Wintley Phipps

A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.

Through music, dialogue and readings, Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends, along with well-known authors, pastors, and speakers explore---and perhaps glimpse---what heaven will be like.

The Negro spirituals of the 19th century still strike a spiritual chord: songs of longing, home, redemption, and freedom. Join baritone Wintley Phipps on the grounds of a historical Tennessee slave plantation as he shares with viewers, both in song and explanation, some of the best-known and most thought-provoking spirituals like "Deep River," "Were You there?" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Spirituals was filmed by Day of Discovery.