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Monica and Tess are captivated by the
thousands of stars that decorate the beautiful night sky. Monica
elaborates on the majesty of God’s heavens as it is revealed that
the angels are actually sitting in planetarium hosted by Andrew.
Across the city, fifteen year-old Lucy Baker sits in her room
looking at the sky, where only the moon can be seen above the city
lights. Erica Baker joins her daughter and the two share a moment
pondering what or who created the universe. “It’s just
luck,” responds Lucy’s father and science teacher, John. Lucy is
not convinced that her atheist father is right. At school,
tension runs high between John and Lucy, who is barely maintaining
a C average. John reminds Lucy that her grade hinges on her next
research paper and she needs to come up with a topic. Despite her
struggles in science, Lucy excels in Monica’s English class.
Monica encourages Lucy’s growing curiosity of how the universe was
created by allowing Lucy to combine her research for her English
essay and her science project. Lucy is pleased that her science
paper to prove the existence of God will antagonize her father.
John dismisses Lucy’s idea as mindless speculation and demands she
pick another topic or fail the assignment. Their differences are
momentarily set aside when Erica informs them that her ovarian
cancer, which was in remission, has returned. John is confident
that medical science will successfully get them through it again.
As Erica’s health gradually declines, she begins to question her
own beliefs. Lucy goes to the planetarium to continue her
research despite her father’s objections. There Andrew suggests
that she look into Intelligent Design Theory, which claims that
the universe is too complex and precise to be a random
coincidence. Andrew asks Lucy, “if you discover a watch…sitting
on a tree stump. Would you assume that all these little springs
and wheels and gears fell out of the sky and landed together just
right to make this watch?” The next day, Lucy’s discovers from a
classmate that the survival rate for a second bout with ovarian
cancer is practically zero. Overwhelmed at the prospect of losing
her mother, Lucy confides to Monica her feelings of helplessness.
Monica consoles Lucy, explaining that her name means “bringer of
light,” and that her mother is still alive and needs her now more
than ever. Lucy is determined to prove the existence of God to
comfort her ailing mother. Lucy turns in her two papers, but is
distraught that her mother doesn’t find the inspiration she is
looking for in Lucy’s science paper. Monica suggests that Lucy
has given her mother the wrong paper to read. Lucy, with Nurse
Tess’ help, takes her mother outside the city limits to see the
stars. Erica reads Lucy’s English essay, which states how
grateful Lucy is for the beauty of the universe…grateful to God.
John arrives at the hospital to find his wife missing and his
frantic search leads him to the planetarium where Monica
encourages him to take the first step and invite God into his
heart. John does so, and is answered by Monica who reveals
herself as an angel. Monica tells John that God loves him, and he
is miraculously transported to the clearing, where the family is
reunited in God’s love. |
