About a year ago, I deleted my Facebook account. This was just after Facebook introduced the "like" button on other sites. It didn't take me long to figure out that what Facebook was doing was moving from beyond their little walled garden, and instead were moving into tracking my movements …

First, watch this video at Mindfulco

First, I applaud the author of this video for at least making the attempt to discover what keeps him from being productive, and course-correcting. That's really important.

However, I'll submit that it isn't the phone that's the main problem. Sure, smartphones are seductive in …

Earlier this month my family and I laid to rest my grandmother. She was in deteriorating health in her later years, and two Sundays ago, her long fight with emphysema ended at the hospice. Her funeral was beautiful, and I'm grateful for those who offered their condolences and paid their …

It's a new year, and as is customary this time of year, here are some of my new year's resolutions and changes for 2009:

• Blog changes: I've decided one perennial feature of this blog, the birthday wishes, will cease this year. That means that I won't be posting birthday wishes …