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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: God’s comfort
December 2
TODAY IS… a splendid day for some words of comfort. “When doubts filled my mind,Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” Psalm 94:19 NLT Only God can comfort us when we have doubts. Only God can reassure us when … Continue reading
November 23
TODAY IS… a great day to get comfortable. “For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” Psalm 1:6 NIV Today there is some good news, and there is some bad … Continue reading
December 2
TODAY IS… a splendid day for some words of comfort. “When doubts filled my mind, Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” Psalm 94:19 NLT Only God can comfort us when we have doubts. Only God can reassure us … Continue reading
September 6
TODAY IS… the perfect day to go where you always feel safe. “You are my hiding place: You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7 NIV Many of us know that feeling of … Continue reading
December 2
TODAY IS… a splendid day for some words of comfort. “When doubts filled my mind, Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” Psalm 94:19 NLT Only God can comfort us when we have doubts. Only God can reassure us … Continue reading
September 6
TODAY IS… the perfect day to go where you always feel safe. “You are my hiding place: You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7 NIV Many of us know that feeling of … Continue reading
September 1
TODAY IS… a good day to know where to go when you are hurting. “Never abandon a friend – either yours or your father’s. When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance. It’s better to go … Continue reading
April 24
TODAY IS… the perfect day to conquer fear with love. “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18 NASB … Continue reading
