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MicroBlog: Twitter-length Ponderings, Groanings, Ramblings & Misgivings...

I would post this material on my Twitter account if I had the strength of character to ignore those pesky "Following/Follower" numbers. Alas, I do not (see the entry, "WARNING TO SELF" at the bottom of this page).

If some of these items seem dark and negative, remember the subtitle above: "Ponderings, Groanings, Ramblings & Misgivings." Many are, in fact, warnings to myself (and my children and grandchildren) about dangers I'm prone to falling into. Some are my responses to current events and controversies. Others are my small efforts to articulate various delights of God's sovereign grace.

C.S. Lewis wrote, "There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious." I think he's correct. Be assured, this is a deeply happy, pleasurable and satisfying project for me!

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Curt Olson
Track Seventeen Productions, Inc.
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

(Last updated: May 17, 2012)

Marriage as originally ordained. Dark hearts and dim minds decry the decree. It remains fixed, but their tirades will perish.

Studiously avoid religious show-offs and scorekeepers. They have their feeble reward. Do not admire. Do not imitate.

Politics and propaganda flooding your world? How not to drown: breathe deep... breathe very deep.

"Irrational! Delusional! Anti-intellectual! Anti-science!" Child of God, be not dismayed -- or dissuaded -- by their revilings.

Financial mischief, in nickels & dimes or in trillions, is death to paupers, merchants, and emperors alike.

All things -- even dubious immigration policies -- are His servants.

Take heart, misfit believer. You will one day be a noble pillar in the temple of God. A perfect fit at last!

Jesus my "personal savior?" The gravity of redemption calls for greater reverence. I dastn't belittle Him so.

Christ's blazing glory... I can say it and betray it a single breath. How agile a sinner I am, O God! Who will deliver me?

It's in our DNA. We invariably emulate those upon whom we gaze with admiration. Choose wisely. "Behold the Lamb of God!"

Preacher at the June 2011 funeral of an 18-month-old: "God did not will for this child to die." Small God. Small comfort.

US Republicans: Total State feigned as freedom. US Democrats: Total State feigned as fairness. Same aim. Despise both lies.

Total State... the grandest of pagan cults. Its prophets? The media. Its high priests? Elected officials. Its burnt offering? You.

The nations rage. The rulers plot folly and destruction. What can one person do?

Rebels at the bottom. Rebels at the top. Rebels everywhere between. This is the madness of the nations.

WARNING TO SELF: Social media is the new "graven image" for millions. They feed on ashes.

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