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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
January 9
TODAY IS… the perfect day to seek the light. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:5 NLT Under cover of darkness, we may allow ourselves to do things or live our lives … Continue reading
January 8
TODAY IS… a perfect day for peace with God. “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1 KJV Disagreements among people on earth too frequently have led to devastating wars. The … Continue reading
January 7
TODAY IS… a great day for forgiveness. “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in … Continue reading
January 6
TODAY IS… a good day to thank God for the gift of freedom. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Galatians 5:1 KJV A carpenter … Continue reading
January 4
TODAY IS… the perfect day for harmony. “Above all, clothe yourselves in love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.” Colossians 3:14 NLT Before telling us to clothe ourselves in love, the apostle Paul tells us to first clothe … Continue reading
January 3
TODAY IS… the right day to plant your Spiritual Garden. “Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.” Ecclesiastes 11:4 NLT Waiting for perfect conditions to tend to the gardens of our … Continue reading
January 2
TODAY IS… a day for change. “Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well!’ And the woman was healed at that moment.” Matthew 9:22 NLT It matters not who … Continue reading
January 1
TODAY IS… the beginning. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 NLT A new day. A new month. A new year. So what are you going to do with it? In the beginning, God did … Continue reading
