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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: being humble
February 20
TODAY IS… a good day to practice humility. “For the Lord takes delight in His people; He crowns the humble with victory.” Psalm 149:4 NIV When God decided it was time to fulfill His promise to offer salvation to the … Continue reading
February 19
TODAY IS… a good day to practice humility. “For the Lord takes delight in His people; He crowns the humble with victory.” Psalm 149:4 NIV When God decided it was time to fulfill His promise to offer salvation to the … Continue reading
November 17
TODAY IS… a spectacular day to look through the eyes of Jesus. “When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 9:36 NLT To look through the … Continue reading
December 10
TODAY IS… the perfect day to give credit where credit is due. “You answered me, ‘What you propose to do is good.’” Deuteronomy 1:14 NIV There are many aspects to humility. One of them is not requiring credit, or recognition, … Continue reading
