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Hey Gang,

Time for a Monday Muse.  I ask a question … and you answer.  Be sure to click the “subscribe to comments” button when you leave your comment so you can be engaged in the ongoing discussion, ok?

So, I’m reading Ephesians 5 this morning and I’m always challenged by that chapter as a Husband and as a Christian.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her”.
(Ephesians 5:25)

So here’s the question:

Men:  what are some specific ways you can (or do) show love for your wife?  (Dial the x-rated stuff down to R if you are going there, ok!?)

Ladies:  what are some specific ways you WISH that your husband would show you love?

Singles:  answer it based on what your desires would be.

Please consider joining this discussion and inviting others to do the same.  If you are uncomfortable answering, feel free to just put “anonymous” as the name and “nobody@nobody.com” as the email address (just don’t check the subscribe to comments box, as it will be bouncing back to me!).

I have a crisis.

I have over 4,000 tracks in my iTunes library.  Many of which are ripped sermon CDs, demos from songwriters, sample audio bits for sermon ideas, etc.  Bottom line – a HUGE portion of those tracks are junk tracks that aren’t really meant to be my every-day listening options.

I’ve just erased and restored my iPod.  My crisis?  How do I manage it from here on?

I thought I’d create a playlist of the songs I want on the iPod and “sync selected playlists”.  But that’s such a drag – wading through 4,000 tracks and dragging what I want.

Plus, I inevitably forget to move new tunes to the “Fred’s iPod” playlist.

I could just go back to “sync all” – but then it takes an eternity to select an artist or album.

One way is clear and efficient at playback time, but takes a lot of work to maintain.
The other way is no work to maintain, but the iPod is messy.

So … how to you manage your iTunes and iPod library?

Manual sync?
Sync selected playlists?
Sync all?

Hey Gang,

A quick after-lunch blog post … returning to the “Monday Muse” – where I ask a question on Monday, and hopefully, some of you will respond.  These days, there are less comments on the blog (insert picture of Fred with sad face) and more replies via Twitter and/or Facebook.  For what it’s worth, the ole’ fashioned blog comment is still my favorite.

So, here’s the question …

When you pray, who do you pray to?  God?  Jesus?  The Holy Spirit?

Comment with your answer, and any explanation you’d like to share.

Challenged by my own “rebuke” of sorts on last week’s popular blog post, “Who Are We Kidding“, I decided I’d better get myself in the Word this morning.  YouVersion.Com and my “Daily Reader” program on my Treo phone took me to Proverbs 8:12-13.

So, if “wisdom” hates “perverted speech” (referred to as “perverse speech in many translations) …

What exactly is “perverse/perverted speech”?

I think of the movies and TV shows we, as Christians, watch with little or no conviction any longer … filled with what I’d consider to be “perverse” speech.  Drink it in.  Filthy water.

What do you think “perverse speech” is referring to?

That’s today’s Monday Muse.  Tweet it, invite your friends to answer, and let the comments begin.

So here’s my “Monday Muse” question for us all today.

“FriendFeed” - do you have it?  Do you use it?

I stumbled upon this site a while back and created a profile but only started using it last week.  I was getting dozens of “____ has subscribed to your friendfeed” emails and wasn’t sure what that meant or why.

Basically, “FriendFeed” allows you to aggragate your online activity into one, continuous stream.  For me, that’s more than a stream, that’s whitewater rapids!  (and all my local buddies who see me at church and say “man, you twitter WAY too much” sound out a hearty AMEN)

Thanks to my buddy Scott who sent me these tips for getting started and using FriendFeed.  In addition, I’ve discovered that it can be quite Read more »