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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: success
September 7
TODAY IS… an ideal day to be successful. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 NIV Jeremiah served … Continue reading
August 8
TODAY IS… a good day to understand that a person’s wealth is not a sign of God’s approval. “Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see Your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.” Psalm … Continue reading
September 18
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to prosper. “He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him.” 2 Chronicles 26:5 NASB … Continue reading
September 7
TODAY IS… an ideal day to be successful. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 NIV Jeremiah served … Continue reading
September 18
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to prosper. “He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him.” 2 Chronicles 26:5 NASB … Continue reading
August 24
TODAY IS… the perfect day to accept the possibility of success. “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 KJV What great thing are we not attempting to do because there … Continue reading
