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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: confident faith
February 19
TODAY IS… a great day to be confident, even without all the answers. “So they said to him, ‘What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?’” John 9:26 NASB The man whose sight Jesus had restored … Continue reading
December 8
TODAY IS… a superb day to ask, “Do I have enough faith?” “’You don’t have enough faith,’ Jesus told them.” Matthew 17:20a NLT Jesus was a very patient man who exhibited a tremendous amount of control over His thoughts and … Continue reading
October 16
TODAY IS… the day to step into the fire. “Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and … Continue reading
May 13
TODAY IS… the perfect day to think about “everything”. “’What do you mean, what’s the matter?’ Micah replied. ‘You’ve taken away all the gods I have made, and my priest, and I have nothing left!’” Judges 18:24 NLT When the … Continue reading
May 10
TODAY IS… a terrific day for a walk. “…for we walk by faith, not by sight…” 2 Corinthians 5:7 NASB If we were to observe a blind individual walking with the aid of a service dog, we would see someone moving … Continue reading
February 19
TODAY IS… a great day to be confident, even without all the answers. “So they said to him, ‘What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?’” John 9:26 NASB The man whose sight Jesus had restored … Continue reading
December 8
TODAY IS… a superb day to ask, “Do I have enough faith?” “’You don’t have enough faith,’ Jesus told them.” Matthew 17:20a NLT Jesus was a very patient man who exhibited a tremendous amount of control over His thoughts and … Continue reading
October 16
TODAY IS… the day to step into the fire. “Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and … Continue reading
May 13
TODAY IS… the perfect day to think about “everything”. “’What do you mean, what’s the matter?’ Micah replied. ‘You’ve taken away all the gods I have made, and my priest, and I have nothing left!’” Judges 18:24 NLT When the … Continue reading
May 10
TODAY IS… a terrific day for a walk. “…for we walk by faith, not by sight…” 2 Corinthians 5:7 NASB If we were to observe a blind individual walking with the aid of a service dog, we would see someone moving … Continue reading
