It would have been hard to do more things to make Olivia fail and she did fail for a while. "Why didn't you just ask for help?" "And give your Aunty Ida more ammunition." That's just one example, but Ida wasn't the only cause. Olivia's mother started the process. The things she did wrong are too long to list. And Olivia didn't help herself much.

Many churches have an Ida, actually all do, but probably not that many have one quite so seemingly vicious. All this is supposedly in the name of God or the common good. Oh, the things that are done in the name of God.

Somewhere in the middle of all this there is a romance. It was rushed because of all the other things.

The outcome of the story is mostly predictable.

Meanwhile, there is a wonderful abundance of Gospel music throughout the movie including many Christmas songs in the Gospel/Rock style and some hymns in the same style. The finale is fantastic.

Gospel music is, by definition, music about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Most of the songs have either a message about the salvation of Christ or praise for him. As mentioned, the finale is a magnificent song of praise. Outside of the music, there is a bit of preaching mostly about having faith or trust in God but also in self and others. It is all very related to the context of what is going on in the story.