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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: sharing the Good News
June 10
Today is… the ideal day to conquer embarrassment. “When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.” Galatians 2:11 NIV Many of us have come to Christ from situations and life-styles … Continue reading
October 29
TODAY IS… a great day to feed the sheep. “He said to them, ‘Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.’” Mark 1:38 NASB That … Continue reading
October 9
TODAY IS… an awesome day to be proud of the glow God gives you. “…they saw that his face was radiant.” Exodus 34:35a NIV The story of Moses teaches us that his meetings with God gave his face a radiant … Continue reading
June 10
Today is… the ideal day to conquer embarrassment. “When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.” Galatians 2:11 NIV Many of us have come to Christ from situations and life-styles … Continue reading
May 21
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to encourage young people. “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” 1 Timothy … Continue reading
March 20
TODAY IS… a great day to practice artful avoidance. “Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.” 2 Timothy 2:23 NIV As Christians, we have a responsibility to others to help them … Continue reading
October 29
TODAY IS… a great day to feed the sheep. “He said to them, ‘Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.’” Mark 1:38 NASB That … Continue reading
June 10
Today is… the ideal day to conquer embarrassment. “When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.” Galatians 2:11 NIV Many of us have come to Christ from situations and … Continue reading
