Is something missing from Roni's life? She doesn't even know. Veronica Ambler-"Roni," to friends and family-lives a simple, repetitive existence. She finds comfort in it. She has few attachments to others and enjoys working as a freelance musician. When she wakes up on a beautiful summer day, the only thing she has to do is attend her niece's christening service.

At the party following the service, hosted by Roni's brother, Vincent, and his wife, Tori, Roni is shaken by a chance conversation with the minister. He asks her about her "personal theology," and Roni is troubled by the...