Faith is a word thing. But while some words are audible, others, as Robert Jenson reminds us, are visible . Baseball songwriter, Terry Cashman, says much the same thing, though I would guess he never read Jenson. It is possible, he would have us know, to see with our ears. It is equally possible, I want to suggest, that we can hear with our eyes.
Faith comes from what is heard, but it also comes from what is seen.
At least I hope I did because it turned out to be a pretty expensive example, as you will see. Martin, though only seven, already knows a fair amount about Van Gogh. We have several reproductions hanging in our home. I said, aware that I was sitting in the midst of Calvinists and wondering how I was going to explain losing a bet to my kid in church. But I think it's also a time when he can learn that his Dad keeps his promises.