OK, I know it seems absurd that I am posting on “LOST”, but I find several themes running through the show as relevant to the issues I address here. Ignore for just a second that according to my view of time the island cannot even exist, but alas I digress.
This week’s episode has a injured John Locke visiting those who have made it off the island. Unexpectedly, one of those he visits is Walt. Walt made it off before anyone else, and so it was surprising that John goes to visit him. The really interesting part of the encounter though, and the point of this post, is Walt’s reaction to seeing John Locke. He is not surprised in the least, in fact John asks him why he is not surprised, and he states that he was expecting he might show up because of a dream he had.
Here is the cool thing. Walt had come to EXPECT the supernatural. As a result, he did not have to conjure up enough faith to believe that John was really in front of him (contrast Hurley’s reaction – assuming that John is a delusion).
Expect the unexpected…if you begin to encounter the supernatural on a regular basis, you will begin to increase in faith in a way in which you will not be surprised by it.
Theology of Faith Via LOST. 
Most of my friends who are well versed in theology would argue that God and the rest of the “spirit” realm stand outside of our history and are able somehow to move through it. While this is often believed about God, it is far less often discussed about angels and demons. However, when it comes down to it, most agree that the issue of the spirits being outside of our time space realm is why we cannot see them every day.
However, I would like to suggest that these two realities are intertwined in time. Take as an example, Daniel’s encounter with a spirit messenger in Daniel chapter 10. The angel comes to give Daniel a message but he says that he has been delayed. Take a look at what he says (NLT for ease of reading here)
I have come in answer to your prayer. But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. -Daniel 10:12-13
So the simple question I have is this. If the spirit realm is movable in relation to this physical realm in which we live, then why on earth would the angel have been DELAYED from seeing Daniel in the physical realm by an event that takes place in the spirit realm? I think the reasonable answer is that they are not separate. Thoughts?