
A drama about a typical family facing atypical situations -- not the least of which is their teen daughter's sudden, unexpected conversations with God, who pops up in such random forms as a cute boy or the school lunch lady. When Joan prays to God to save her brother after a horriffic car crash, God appears to Joan to remind her of that promise, and to giver her various assignments that may not make much sense at the time, but always turn out to improve a bigger situation.
Joan digs out some of her mother's paintings for a garage sale, and the canvases force Helen to recall a traumatic event from college.
When God asks Joan to try out for the cheerleading squad, she has trouble explaining her sudden interest in the sport; a baby is found abandoned in a high-school gym bag.
Joan baby-sits for a 6-year-old boy who is obsessed with death; officers assault a black man at a gas station.
Joan has a crisis of faith after God asks her to stop a classmate from submitting his artwork in the school fair.