A poet and writer recounts his return to his hometown, New Auburn, Wisconsin, and how he joined the local volunteer fire department to build a relationship with his neighbors, and describes his experiences as a fire fighter.
When Harley Jackson finds a calf in his barn bearing the image of Jesus Christ, he hopes to keep it to himself to avoid a scene, but word gets out anyway, and Harley has to decide how to deal with the media circus, and save his farm from developers.