Several years ago, McCalls magazine featured a portrait painted by the famous artist, Norman Rockwell. Perhaps you recall this one. Rockwell here protrayed, in striking terms, a truth about ourselves, a truth about our impersonal society and relationships today.

Shown in his painting is the magnificent entrance to an urban cathedral. Vaulted high above its magnificently carved Gothic doors are statues of the prophets, apostles, and martyrs. On the sidewalk, below the cathedral steps, move the busy throngs of people amidst the traffic of cars and taxis. Fourteen steps above, perched on a ladder, the custodian has just completed a change in the church announcement sign under the instruction of the pastor. The sign, written for the edification of passers-by, reads: "Lift Up Thine Eyes."

The…