
Just as UFO’s seem to only show themselves in rural areas instead of those with a more dense, and perhaps more intellectual population, so goes The First Phone Call from Heaven, when phones begin to ring in Coldwater, Michigan, population not a whole lot. On one particular Friday, a day of the week considered rather important among Christians, a half dozen phones ring. On the other end is a very familiar, if not unmistakable voice of a loved one who had passed away within the past year or two.
A police chief hears from his military son, killed in Afghanistan. A general contractor hears from a man who died while under his employment. A woman hears from her sister who battled cancer. Another woman hears from her deceased mother. There are a few others who, unbeknownst to each other, are blessed with a minute or two of talk time with…