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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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Tag Archives: acceptance
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … Continue reading
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … 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
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … Continue reading
July 2
Today is… the day to accept the perfection of other peoples imperfections. “For by that one offering He forever made perfect those who are being made holy.” Hebrews 10:14 NLT Life on this earth could more accurately be described as … Continue reading
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … Continue reading
September 16
TODAY IS… a superb day to embrace the flaws of your church. “But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in … Continue reading
