She finally had the chance to visit the church Inside in the deepest part of the basement she reached the small cave or grotto Candles filled the narrow space and hanging lamps illuminated a corner of the floor There it was mdash a fourteen-pointed silver covering a raised bit of the marble floor Bethlehem rsquo s Grotto of the Nativity mdash the place marking the spot where according to tradition Christ was born Yet the writer Annie Dillard found herself less than impressed realizing God was much bigger than that spot nbsp nbsp Still such places have always held great [... more]