Finding Luck with Roland McCray

Finding Luck with Roland McCray

A Spiritual Journey

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Teenage Roland McCray knows that something is missing from his life and he seeks out that elusive piece. Puzzled by the daily deceits, injustices and misdirection that riddle the world in the name of religion, he searches for his own spiritual path to God. He comes to understand that all people are on their own path to God, no matter the name they give Him, and if that path is found through religion, then it is as valid as the path he’s chosen and is not to be denigrated. Each person’s path is right for that person and any honest seeker of truth will find his own path to the one true God. Through Roland’s eyes we see his innocent and unique views on southern culture, pastimes and religion as he attempts to avoid the worldly traps, that brambles of lies, deceptions and vanities that lead so many from true enlightenment. Roland’s story of his search for God is clothed in beautiful and vivid descriptive imagery, and is, in some small way, everyone’s story.

Finding Luck with Roland McCray

A Spiritual Journey

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Teenage Roland McCray knows that something is missing from his life and he seeks out that elusive piece. Puzzled by the daily deceits, injustices and misdirection that riddle the world in the name of religion, he searches for his own spiritual path to God. He comes to understand that all people are on their own path to God, no matter the name they give Him, and if that path is found through religion, then it is as valid as the path he’s chosen and is not to be denigrated. Each person’s path is right for that person and any honest seeker of truth will find his own path to the one true God. Through Roland’s eyes we see his innocent and unique views on southern culture, pastimes and religion as he attempts to avoid the worldly traps, that brambles of lies, deceptions and vanities that lead so many from true enlightenment. Roland’s story of his search for God is clothed in beautiful and vivid descriptive imagery, and is, in some small way, everyone’s story.

From “Tunnels In The Briar Patch- Short Tales of Roland McCray”- Of Cults and Klans

“So your uncle’s a preacher now, Harold,” she said to Dad. Uncle Rupert was my Dad’s uncle, even though they were almost the same age, so my “Uncle” Rupert was actually my great-uncle, but we just called him Uncle Rupert.
Dad nodded. “Seems so.”
“I guess he keeps his sheet in the closet on Sundays,” Mom said.

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Tunnels in the Briar Patch

These short tales about a young boy growing up in the south pull the reader into a nostalgic narrative of a coming of age story that keeps the reader intrigued while taking a journey through Roland McCray’s unique views on southern culture, pastimes and religion as seen through young Roland’s eyes. We see Roland’s imagination and empathy, and tidbits of insight and maturity-as he displays his values in a very positive light. Roland’s innocent pathos and naivety is always refreshing. In the tradition of classic Americana, Roland McCray carries the reader into his world through vivid descriptive imagery and his depth of character. Roland McCray’s story is, in some small way, everyone’s story.
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You can squeeze in, Roland,” Andrea said. “Debbs will slide over this way.”
So Debbs wasn’t ‘sweet’ at all; she was arrogant and pretentious. And not all that cute, either. But, I didn’t want to ruin Andrea’s evening, so I climbed up into Billy’s truck, doing my best not to be too close to Debbs. I didn’t like her from the moment we met, and I’m sure the feeling was mutual.
“So, Debbs,” I said, “where do you live?”
“River’s Bluff,” Debbs said, as though she was talking to a servant or someone beneath her. River’s Bluff was a gated community, the only one in the area and that was where the ‘rich’ people lived.
“Really? How nice.” I replied then mumbled- “nouveau riche“.
“New- what?” Billy asked. Guess I’d said that louder than I’d intended.
“Nouveau riche,” I replied. “It means ‘new money’; you know, people who don’t know how to handle First Class.” I only knew that because I’d heard it in a movie, but I wasn’t going to tell them that.
Debbs just looked at me, completely clueless about what I’d said.
Billy laughed. “Nouveau riche,” he said, “that’s pretty good.” And we both smiled. But Andrea gave me that pleading look again, so I figured it was too late to back out of the ‘date’ then. She was going to owe me big for this.
“So what’s it like, up there on the Bluff?” I asked Debbs.
She ignored me for a few moments. “It’s nice,” she replied. “Better than living out in the boonies.”
“Well I like living out here,” I said. “It’s better than being crowded in a neighborhood, surrounded by a bunch of corporate lawyers.”
“My father is a corporate lawyer,” Debbs huffed.
“Don’t worry, I won’t hold that against you,” I said. “You can’t help what your father does for a living.”

Four Tales of Roland McCray

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