Tanara McCauley

Culturally Imagined Stories

Category: Faith, Relationships, and Other Topics

  • You Marathoner, You

    Image courtesy of Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.” 1 Corinthians 9:24 Go ahead then. Let’s do this thing.

  • The Value of Grace

    Value A: I know I’m not perfect So why even try? Don’t want too much Jesus Just some of his pie And you there, don’t judge me Hold onto that stone Who made you my keeper? My life is my own I’m free now, He said it I’ll live as I choose Your talk about…

  • Marriage Part V: Loser Cleans the Toilet

    All marriages require decisions be made. Some are huge, others not so huge. And the rest? Well, I won’t label them. Let’s just say the stakes are low, the potential to bicker about them high. For example: “I will paint a yellow stripe down my face before I let you paint our ceilings yellow.” “Why…

  • Chevy Man Prayer

    He sat alone in the cab of his Chevy Eyes burning, heart heavy He rubbed on the arm that had just been used His blood recycled, his spirit abused He looked to the sky to the One he can’t see Do You know? Do You hear? Some mercy for me? It’s been only weeks and…

  • Not Your Daughter’s Music

      “Mom, you okay?” “Yeah. Why wouldn’t I be?” “I heard you yelling.” And that, my friends, sums up my shower singing skills.

  • Marriage Part IV: The Christian Husband

    Not being a man, I didn’t see fit to write on this topic myself because–despite what today’s popular culture would have one believe–men and women are just not the same. Sure I could write about what I think the ideal Christian husband should be, but the end result might be a list of to-dos in the…

  • Child Sponsorship Proven Effective

    Child Sponsorship Proven Effective Child sponsorship researched from the eyes of a top economist.

  • Harold “Buddy” Hudson Remembered

    Image courtesy of OU Athletics Communications Named an OU Sooner Hoops pioneer for being the first African-American to play basketball for the University of Oklahoma, Harold “Buddy” Hudson will be remembered for that and so much more. Before his passing on May 14, 2013, his was a legacy of overcoming obstacles. Schools were integrated during his…

  • Critters & Estrogen

    As a child everything was fair game: Gutting fish I’d caught with my dad, baiting hooks with worms, or catching and hooking large grasshoppers when worms weren’t available. Myth-sized spider? Step on it and keep moving. Wouldn’t even flinch. Sometime along the journey, however, I traded in my tomboy toughness for a generous helping of girlie-girl jitters. Now critters…

  • Marriage Part III: The Wife’s Role

    Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the Word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives. (1 Peter 3:1) Such a teaching is so unpopular these days that to abide by it seems to warrant a guilty-like confession of some antiquated…