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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 →
“Pavlov’s Prisoners and the Prison Program Paradox”
“Pavlov’s Prisoners and the Prison Program Paradox” “Pavlov’s Dog” illustration (Pavlov 1928 & Goodwin 1991, p. 138). On Tuesday, February 10, I attended a ‘criminal justice reform’ conference at the Washington Post in Washington, DC called “Out of Prison, Into … Continue reading →
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Tag Archives: God’s faithfulness
June 3
Today is… a great day to understand why things are allowed to happen as they do. “The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.” Nahum 1:3a NASB … Continue reading
March 16
TODAY IS… the ideal day to thank God for His gift of resilience. “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven!’” Matthew 18:22 NIV That answer was given by Jesus to Peter when he asked Jesus … Continue reading
October 15
TODAY IS… a splendid day to remember that God doesn’t forget. “Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has He in anger withheld His compassion?” Psalm 77:9 NIV God simply does not forget. He cannot forget. It is true that, at … Continue reading
September 20
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to move forward in faith. “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered … Continue reading
August 15
TODAY IS… a terrific day to realize that the blessings come before the battle. “Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.” Mark 1:12 NASB Have you ever noticed how sometimes we will have days where we … Continue reading
June 3
Today is… a great day to understand why things are allowed to happen as they do. “The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.” Nahum 1:3a NASB … Continue reading
October 15
TODAY IS… a splendid day to remember that God doesn’t forget. “Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has He in anger withheld His compassion?” Psalm 77:9 NIV God simply doesn’t forget. He cannot forget. It is true that, at times, … Continue reading
August 5
TODAY IS… a fine day for remembering how easy it is to forget. “They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.” Psalm 78:11 NIV We’ve all heard the term “fair weather friends.” These are people who … Continue reading
June 3
Today is… a great day to understand why things are allowed to happen as they do. “The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.” Nahum 1:3a NASB … Continue reading
May 30
TODAY IS… a fine day to take that first step. “So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.” Acts 13:4 NASB From the time Paul first left the … Continue reading
