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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: Resolutions
December 28
TODAY IS… the ideal day to spread it around. “But He said to them, ‘I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.’” Luke 4:43 NASB It’s easy to imagine … Continue reading
December 27
TODAY IS…. a wonderful day to look at things differently. “How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?” Psalm 116:12 NIV As the New Year approaches, many of us look forward to the end of the … Continue reading
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … Continue reading
December 27
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to look at things differently. “How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?” Psalm 116:12 NIV As the New Year approaches, many of us look forward to the end of the … Continue reading
December 30
TODAY IS… the day to add to our list of resolutions. “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 NLT If we were all … Continue reading
December 27
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to look at things differently. “How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?” Psalm 116:12 NIV As the New Year approaches, many of us look forward to the end of the … Continue reading
Resolutions
Following are two excerpts from my daily devotional “TODAY IS….A Gift From God”. The first is the entry for December 27, and contains some resolutions that might be helpful to us all. The second is from January 1, which contains … Continue reading
