01472cam a2200313 i 4500 363094062 TxAuBib 20181108120000.0 171107t20172003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780735218536 0735218536 (OCoLC)988854456 TxAuBib rda karon, jan. Shepherds abiding [BOOK] / Jan Karon. First G.P. Putnam's Sons mass-market edition. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017. ©2003. 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Since he was a boy, Father Tim has lived what he calls "the life of the mind" and has never really learned to savor the work of his hands. When he finds a derelict nativity scene that has suffered the indignities of time and neglect, he imagines the excitement in the eyes of his wife, Cynthia, and decides to undertake the daunting task of restoring it. As Father Tim begins his journey, readers are given a seat at Mitford's holiday table and treated to a magical tale about the true Christmas spirit. 20181108. Clergy fiction. Crèches (Nativity scenes) Fiction. Mitford (N.C. : Imaginary place) Fiction. Christmas fiction.