![]() For Father Tim, life in Mitford has never been so full of surprises. Now, he's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious next-door neighbor. Gail Hudson For years, Mitford's sixtysomething rector has been happily married to his parish. The heavily quoted scripture gives a day-to-day context for biblical teachings as well as spiritual solace during the sadder days at Mitford. But just as often the crises have the bite of real-life problems, such as the bloody young girl in shredded clothes, whom Father Tim finds after she was beaten by her drunken father, and the soul-wrenching despair Father Tim feels when he loses a surrogate mother. ![]() Often the crises are cause for a belly laugh, such as the rectory's new computer system that seems programmed to torment. ![]() As a result, no one faces a crisis alone. Even the rampant gossip in Mitford is the good kind: folks worrying about other folks and everyone minding one another's business out of concern rather than malice. The recently married Father Tim and his plain-folk neighbors live the best of Christianity in everyday life. ![]() ![]() The village of Mitford is soothing tonic for a readership that feels starved for community and yearns for clear morals. ![]()
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