Maybe you've heard about the family who was asked by their pastor how much time they spent together in meaningful discussion. The father said that they spent about two-and-a-half hours a day in meaning discussion. The pastor was impressed. "That's wonderful! That's more than I spend with my own family, a lot more! What kind of things do you discuss?"

Mom rolled her eyes and then volunteered additional information left out by the father. She said, "We only discuss one thing: who gets to hold the remote control for the television!" (1)

The remote control. We all have them don't we? We probably have three or four because even though you have the best universal remote on the market, there' one piece of electronics it won't control, right? We're lucky, we've pretty much been able to narrow it…