Imagination is what artists use to tell us deeper truths than we see in every day reality. If you only see the literal, without imagination, you will not see the variety of meanings from a single picture or event. Conn. In the early days of TV, he taught many people with imagination and humor to deeply love classical music. Imagination is essential to faith because it lets us see what lies behind the visible. Indeed, the foundation of any belief is fundamental trust.
Touchstones are simple everyday things that stimulate and strengthen and renew faith.
In your enlightened moments, collect things that connect you to your source. They can be symbols, objects, bits of writings or quotes, or anything that brings you back to the place within you that is connected to the universal spirit. In your moments of forgetting, surround yourself with them to remind you of who you are and what you are capable of. One of the great touchstones of the Christian faith is the Bible. It connects us to our family and our God.