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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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Category Archives: Three Days In April 2015
“And on the third day…..”
”….He Rose From The Dead” “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at … Continue reading
“The Day In Between
“Sitting In Stunned Silence” Try to imagine what was taking place in the lives of those who loved Jesus and had witnessed his brutal execution one day earlier. Much has been written about that day as well as the third … Continue reading
“5 Minutes and 16 Seconds”
If you are a Christian, the video below contains the most difficult 5 minutes and 16 seconds of film you will ever watch. The accompanying song, “Carry My Cross” is performed by Third Day and somehow helps to transform the … Continue reading
A Very “Good Friday”
“Defeating Death” “They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” So he delivered him over to them to be … Continue reading
“And on the third day…..”
”….He Rose From The Dead” “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at … Continue reading
“The day in-between”
“Sitting In Stunned Silence” Try to imagine what was taking place in the lives of those who loved Jesus and had witnessed his brutal execution one day earlier. Much has been written about that day as well as the third … Continue reading
“And on the Third Day……”
”….He Rose From The Dead” “But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at … Continue reading
“The Day In-Between”
“Sitting In Stunned Silence” Try to imagine what was taking place in the lives of those who loved Jesus and had witnessed his brutal execution one day earlier. Much has been written about that day as well as the third … Continue reading
“5 minutes and 16 seconds”
If you are a Christian, the video below contains the most difficult 5 minutes and 16 seconds of film you will ever watch. The accompanying song, “Carry My Cross” is performed by Third Day and somehow helps to transform the … Continue reading
A very “Good Friday”
“Defeating Death” “They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” So he delivered him over to them to be … Continue reading
