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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: freedom from satan
August 14
TODAY IS… the perfect day to take back what has been stolen from us. “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” Romans 16:20a NIV Every single one of us has had something stolen from us by … Continue reading
November 28
TODAY IS… the ideal day to see through his disguise. “Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11 NLT Somewhere along the line, someone decided … Continue reading
“It’s Been a Long Road to Damascus”
“For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it..” Galatians 1:13 ESV The name of the movie I was watching the … Continue reading
“Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Can’t Heal”
Six years ago today, I stood in the bathroom of a sleazy motel in south Florida staring with hatred at the face of the man looking back at me. On the morning of August 18, 2009, the FBI had come … Continue reading
“There Is Empathy In Harmony, And Harmony In Love”
Why is living in harmony important to us, why shouldn’t it be difficult, and how does it fit in with the overall theme of “Finding The Path To Freedom”? Living in harmony is important to us because God says we are … Continue reading
“Stepping Through The Minefields Of Sin”
“As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.” Matthew 9:9 ESV When Jesus called Matthew to follow Him, … Continue reading
“Perfect Prison Steps”
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” 2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV In talking with someone recently, I referred to my time at Oakdale FCI as ‘the perfect prison experience’. There … Continue reading
