Wintley Phipps

Narrated by Debbie Allen, the film bridges inspiring stories of individuals who have found purpose in their lives with the insights of leading scientists whose work affirms that living with purpose improves health and longevity.

Through music, dialogue and readings, Bill and Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends, along with well-known authors, pastors, and speakers explore---and perhaps glimpse---what heaven will be like.

In a city known for its jazz and its blues, the Homecoming Friends share the gospel with New Orleans concertgoers. As these southern saints go marching in to the Saenger Performing Arts Center, a landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, familiar Homecoming faces and some new faces bring good news to those who have the blues.

The Negro spirituals of the 19th century still strike a spiritual chord: songs of longing, home, redemption, and freedom. Join baritone Wintley Phipps on the grounds of a historical Tennessee slave plantation as he shares with viewers, both in song and explanation, some of the best-known and most thought-provoking spirituals like "Deep River," "Were You there?" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Spirituals was filmed by Day of Discovery.