Leaving Salem http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem Beliefnet Voices -- Leaving Salem Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 An Apple Pie Could Change the World…Or at Least Change Yours http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/2012/09/an-apple-pie-could-change-the-world-or-at-least-change-yours.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/2012/09/an-apple-pie-could-change-the-world-or-at-least-change-yours.html#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:16:42 +0000 ronniemcbrayer http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/?p=606 When my wife’s boss first moved to our small town it was more than a little culture shock. Raised on the slick windy streets ofChicago, he had mastered the ways of the urban jungle, but this experience had done little to prepare him for the Deep South. He had never eaten grits. He did not know what chicken...

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]]> When my wife’s boss first moved to our small town it was more than a little culture shock. Raised on the slick windy streets ofChicago, he had mastered the ways of the urban jungle, but this experience had done little to prepare him for the Deep South. He had never eaten grits. He did not know what chicken...

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/2012/09/an-apple-pie-could-change-the-world-or-at-least-change-yours.html/feed/ 0 Learning to Let Go http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/2012/08/learning-to-let-go.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/2012/08/learning-to-let-go.html#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:12:16 +0000 ronniemcbrayer http://blog.beliefnet.com/leavingsalem/?p=602 There are things in our life that are very, very good. Money, family, jobs, church, possessions, friends: These are all good and in many cases irreplaceable, but you cannot build your life on these things and expect your life to sustain itself. These can all turn to sand. Money vanishes a lot quicker than we...

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]]> There are things in our life that are very, very good. Money, family, jobs, church, possessions, friends: These are all good and in many cases irreplaceable, but you cannot build your life on these things and expect your life to sustain itself. These can all turn to sand. Money vanishes a lot quicker than we...

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]]> My children have returned to school; let the rejoicing begin. But I don't know why they go to school. They know everything already, just like I did when I was their age. See, when I was a kid, I really thought my father was something. I looked up to him as if he was a superhero who could leap...

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