The adventures and inner conflicts of a Mormon family in 1840 reflect the events surrounding the founding of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, as a place where Mormons could live and worship in peace.

One night after family devotions, Delaney asks her father to teach her to do better at prayer and he relates the story of Master Peter, a sixteenth-century barber who made the same request of Martin Luther.

Based on the lyrics of Archuleta's popular song of the same title, this picture book tells the story of a young boy who discovers that what God wants for him is even better than what he wanted for himself.