Merry Christmas from Minnesota where pretty much the whole state is snowed in. Pretty cool to be forced to slow down and take in Christmas without rushing anywhere.

My comment is that the old distinction between walking by faith and not sight might be important here. It signifies the need to hold to the good we can’t see, even when the things we can see erode our faith in the wisdom of holding to the good. The shared etymology of good/god is well known. But Sanskrit “gadhya,” the form that precedes both, means–according to my Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary–”what one clings to.” Faith is what the good person clings to, by that rendering, even when doubt might seem more realistic or reasonable. Moral courage and faith/belief in God seem to be married at a fundamental level in the human heart.

A further comment: I’ll be grabbing a copy of Rollo Mays’ “The Courage to Create,” which was referenced in the link you provided. The prohibition on idols, I think, speaks to the very core of faith. God cannot be represented (and so cannot be an object of sight, but only of faith, to connect above). But God must be said to be good and creative. I hope to find in May a commentary on creative goodness rendered as faith in God. I’ll let you know what I find.

Thanks for this wonderful blog!