This book traces the non-traditional ministry of James Parker Keller. It starts in Union Theological Seminary, goes to the Iona Community and Burntisland in Scotland (2 years), returns to the Bronx (10 years), then to social service in Massachusetts (19 years), goes to Mexico for missionary work and Habitat for Humanity, then returns to Rhode Island for Habitat for Humanity and promoting immigration reform. It describes his successful battles to open school records in New York City, build dry toilets (ba–os secos) in Mexico, and develop a successful Habitat for Humanity program in Providence.