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Father’s Day 2019
AUTHOR’S NOTE: What follows are 2 posts-from-the-past, The first, was written by my Son, Anthony, just a couple of months after I entered prison in 2010. The second was written by me, 3 years later. Anthony spent a couple of … Continue reading →
Recycling An Opportunity
AUTHOR’s NOTE: This post originally appeared here in “The Oakdale Chronicles” on January 21, 2013. I was about midway through my incarceration at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oakdale, LA, and had joined a public speaking group many of you … Continue reading →
Don’t Touch the Stove (The ‘lost’ post)
By Tony Casson (AUTHOR’S NOTE: I found a draft of this post originally begun in November of 2012 by my beloved son, Anthony, from the chicken scratching I sent him. For some reason probably related to the fact he was … Continue reading →
Evil Is Seductive
(Author’s Note: What follows was originally posted in 5 parts here in The Oakdale Chronicles very early on during my incarceration. It is the story of my attempted suicide and the week that followed while I was kept in a … Continue reading →
Do you really want to reform our prisons?
The following is something I posted on Medium.com recently: No dialogue on prison reform is complete without a serious look at the profit incentives found in the privatization of many of this nation’s prisons, both federal and state. I will … Continue reading →
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Author Archives: Tony Casson
November 1
TODAY IS… a superb day to teach your children to be followers. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 KJV Parenting has perplexed those … Continue reading
October 31
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to remember that grace trumps sin. “God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.” Romans 5:20 … Continue reading
October 30
TODAY IS… an ideal day to remember that if God says it, it must be important. “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was … Continue reading
October 29
TODAY IS… a great day to feed the sheep. “He said to them, ‘Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.’” Mark 1:38 NASB That … Continue reading
October 28
TODAY IS… a fine day to be on the winning side. “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.” 1 John 5:4 NLT War carries with it a high price, whether … Continue reading
October 27
TODAY IS… the day to seek shelter. “Many are saying of me, ‘God will not deliver him.’” Psalm 3:2 NIV Skeptics abound, that much is certain. Perhaps some of us have people who say that very thing about us. Perhaps … Continue reading
October 26
TODAY IS… the perfect day to stick with it. “Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, ‘It is finished!’ And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.’” John 19:30 NASB What, exactly, was it that … Continue reading
October 24
TODAY IS… a good day to ask, “Will I find it?” “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:14 NASB There are over seven billion … Continue reading
