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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: Self-examination
April 30
TODAY IS… the day for self-examination. “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts…” Psalm 139:23 KJV We examine the outsides of our bodies in many different ways and for many different reasons. We … Continue reading
November 16
TODAY IS… a fine day to break down barriers. “Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together. ‘What are we going to do?’ they asked each other. ‘This man certainly performs many miraculous signs.’” John 11:47 NLT … Continue reading
April 30
TODAY IS… the day for self-examination. “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts…” Psalm 139:23 KJV We examine the outsides of our bodies in many different ways and for many different reasons. We … 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
August 31
TODAY IS… an excellent day to make sure the inside of the cup is clean. “You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.” Matthew … Continue reading
April 23
TODAY IS… the day to search our hearts for signs of self-righteousness. “To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable…” Luke 18:9 NIV And then Jesus went on to … Continue reading
April 30
TODAY IS… the day for self-examination. “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts…” Psalm 139:23 KJV We examine the outsides of our bodies in many different ways and for many different reasons. We … Continue reading
