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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: serving others
January 6
TODAY IS… a good day to thank God for the gift of freedom. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Galatians 5:1 KJV A carpenter … Continue reading
December 12
TODAY IS… an excellent day to stop looking. “Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing…” James 2:15 NLT How many of us have stood in front of an open refrigerator full of food, staring … Continue reading
October 6
TODAY IS… an excellent day to be last. “Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, ‘If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.’” Mark 9:35 NASB Leadership that is … Continue reading
September 27
TODAY IS… a fine day to consider how you will answer God. “I glorified You on earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.” John 17:4 NASB The day will come when we will stand before … Continue reading
September 24
TODAY IS… an excellent day to ask, “Can I really refuse or reject Jesus?” “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.” … Continue reading
September 12
TODAY IS… a good day to use well what you are given. “’Yes,’ the king replied, ‘and to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little … Continue reading
August 2
TODAY IS… a good day for the best form of flattery. “For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not idle when we were with you.” 2 Thessalonians 3:7 NIV Most of us are familiar with the … Continue reading
July 30
Today is… a wonderful day to not get tired of US. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIV Serving others … Continue reading
July 23
Today is… a terrific day to ask ourselves if we do enough. “So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall … Continue reading
July 18
Today is… the ideal day to seek significance in our lives. “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverb 19:21 NIV God created each one of us for a reason. Since … Continue reading
