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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: Faith
June 18
Today is… a super day to let God work within you. “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” Philippians 2:13 NLT Paul was in prison in Rome and had … Continue reading
June 10
Today is… the ideal day to conquer embarrassment. “When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.” Galatians 2:11 NIV Many of us have come to Christ from situations and life-styles … 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
May 8
TODAY IS… a fine day for patient endurance. “Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.” Hebrews 10:36 NLT God has made us … Continue reading
May 1
TODAY IS… a fine day to see possibilities through our fears and our tears. “So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month of Elul, in the fifty and two days.” Nehemiah 6:15 KJV A … Continue reading
March 31
TODAY IS… the day to believe what you are hearing. “Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.” Jeremiah 32:8c NASB Trust does not come easily for many of us. Given our suspicious human nature, how can … Continue reading
March 5
TODAY IS… the day to see what we believe. “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 NIV When Jesus returns to earth, everyone will be able … Continue reading
February 11
TODAY IS… a fine day to fill your spiritual “basket”. “They put their faith in the Lord and in His servant, Moses.” Exodus 14:31b NLT The people of Israel escaped the Egyptian army by walking through the Red Sea when … Continue reading
February 10
TODAY IS… the perfect day to show that your faith is alive. “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26 KJV Evidence of faith that is bursting with life is … Continue reading
February 6
TODAY IS… the ideal day to make your weaknesses become your strengths. “…for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV In much the same way that exercising our bodies can turn weak muscles into strong … Continue reading
