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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: sin
March 26
TODAY IS… a superb day to clean out your closets. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” Romans 3:23 NLT No matter what skeletons we may have in our closets, we are not alone. It … Continue reading
February 27
TODAY IS… a good day to eliminate secrets of sin. “You spread out our sins before You – our secret sins – and You see them all.” Psalm 90:8 NLT Every human being lives a public life, as well as … Continue reading
February 2
TODAY IS… an ideal day to think about our accountability to God. “Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God.” Romans 14:12 NLT “The devil made me do it.” Those who are old enough remember the phrase … Continue reading
January 17
TODAY IS… the day to eliminate sin. “Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did – with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his … 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 4
TODAY IS… a fine day to get rid of the old you. “…throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.” Ephesians 4:22 NLT Harsh words, indeed, and there will … Continue reading
August 20
TODAY IS… a good day to choose words over actions. “But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.” Psalm 38:18 NLT We’ve all heard the expression “Actions speak louder than words.” This is usually … Continue reading
August 1
TODAY IS… the day to stop making excuses and recognize the power of sin. “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Romans 7:15 NIV … Continue reading
July 25
Today is… the ideal day to learn when to walk away and when to run. “No temptation has over taken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted … Continue reading
