Every year I write a personal faith/soul sum-up. So, what you are about to read is this Polish-American woman's Christian Advent faith journey. In this journey I always see myself wandering to Bethlehem. So, since it's almost the very end of Advent, I am trekking to the Bethlehem of my soul again this year. It is always a summing-up time, an annual reckoning. There have been big changes this year.

So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able Lighting trees in darkness, learning new ways from the old, and Making sense of history and drawing warmth out of the coldDar Williams The Christians and the Pagans