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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: the Truth
May 31
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to remind ourselves of God’s promise of eternal life. “This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God – who does not lie – promised them before the world began.” Titus 1:2 … Continue reading
November 10
TODAY IS… a splendid day to understand that the truth cannot be locked away. “So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.” Matthew 27:66 NIV The Pharisees and leading … Continue reading
October 19
TODAY IS… a terrific day to show that you belong. “So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.” Ephesians 4:25 NLT There were men who were so afraid … Continue reading
December 20
TODAY IS… a perfect day to be led astray. “The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, ‘Why did you not bring Him?’” John 7:45 NASB When the religious leaders and Pharisees sent … Continue reading
November 10
TODAY IS… a splendid day to understand that the truth cannot be locked away “So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.” Matthew 27:66 NIV The Pharisees and leading … Continue reading
May 31
TODAY IS… a wonderful day to remind ourselves of God’s promise of eternal life. “This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God – who does not lie – promised them before the world began.” Titus 1:2 … Continue reading
May 12
TODAY IS… a fine day to go treasure hunting. “I rejoice in Your word like one who discovers a great treasure.” Psalm 119:162 NLT If we were to be digging in our backyards and discovered a chest full of gold … Continue reading
November 10
TODAY IS… a splendid day to understand that the truth cannot be locked away. “So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.” Matthew 27:66 NIV The Pharisees and leading … Continue reading
October 30
TODAY IS… an ideal day to remember that if God says it, it must be important. “And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was … 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
