We are told that there are three basic questions to pose when confronted by a situation in need of change. “Where are we?” “Where do we want to be?” And, “How do we get there?” If a recent article on the latest Pew Research Center’s study of Millennials is any indication, the path of the last question will be difficult to navigate.

We were fortunate to revisit the Hawaiian island of Maui.  I had been sent there decades ago on a business trip, but even then we were able to get away for a few hours each day, learning why they call it, “Paradise”.  We found then all the descriptive words to be true; beautiful, friendly, exotic, all wedded together by the alluring accent of the folks we met.  So invocative was the sound, that after we returned home I called a business we had visited just to hear their voice.

A recent article in the British publication, Telegraph, caused me to look afresh at the account of the two thieves crucified with Christ. All the Synoptic writers make reference to the two, but it is only Luke that gives the account of the conversation in the waning moments of their lives.

An early 20th century abstract artist is quoted as saying, “One eye sees, the other eye feels.” Now, while there may be differences of opinion as to how we determine which of these two should be the “dominant eye”, either choice would seem to leave us blind concerning rational thought.