Frederick Buechner said: In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens. Advent is the name of that moment. This is the magical time of year when we go in, quietly meditating, watching and waiting for magic, for light, for the extraordinary. In my personal faith tradition, this is the time when Christians meditate on the…