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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 forgiveness
January 7
TODAY IS… a great day for forgiveness. “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in … Continue reading
November 26
TODAY IS… a terrific day to let it go. “I – yes, I alone – will blot out your sins for My own sake and I will never think of them again.” Isaiah 43:25 NLT After the Titanic sinks in … Continue reading
October 31
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to remember that grace trumps sin. “God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.” Romans 5:20 … Continue reading
September 17
TODAY IS… an excellent day to make your guilt disappear. “Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” Psalm 32:2 NLT It is impossible to read the Bible … Continue reading
August 26
TODAY IS… a terrific day to remind ourselves that God loves even the worst of us. “Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?” Matthew 20:15 … Continue reading
June 1
Today is… the day for true repentance. “After two days, He will revive us; on the third day, He will restore us, that we may live in His presence.” Hosea 6:2 NIV We can hide nothing from God. We cannot … Continue reading
May 17
TODAY IS… the day God gives us the freedom to forget. “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” Hebrews 10:17 KJV How many of us have felt as if we are being restrained from moving forward? Like … Continue reading
March 10
TODAY IS… the perfect day to thank God for His patience. “Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant and patient God is with you?” Romans 2:4a NLT Each one of us should thank God each day for His tolerant patience. … Continue reading
March 8
TODAY IS… an ideal day to “Go and sin no more.” “She said, ‘No man, Lord.’ And Jesus said unto her, ‘Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.’” John 8:11 KJV The gift of forgiveness is not … Continue reading
September 17
TODAY IS… an excellent day to make your guilt disappear. “Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” Psalm 32:2 NLT It is impossible to read the Bible … Continue reading
