After Nate's disgruntled prayer to God bemoaning the state of the world, a voice out of thin air asks him what he's doing to make the world a better place. Despite the fact the speaker, an angel who claims his name is Francis like the talking mule in the movies, won't show himself, Nate obeys an assignment given to him by the wise cracking celestial being, leading to a series of divine appointments, a tempting love relationship, and the doorstep of death.