Charley never expected to spend Christmas in a hospital, helping his wife fight for her life. With this shadow cast over his holiday season, Charley finds an unlikely friend in Henry, an old man who likes to listen to the bells in the park next to the hospital. Charley finds a sympathetic ear in Henry, a man who went through the crisis of losing his wife—twice.

As Henry unfolds his remarkable life story, Charley finds solace in the lessons he learns there, but wonders if he will be able to apply them himself when the time comes. When Charley approaches his darkest hour, he must find out for himself that “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep.”