Unchained Melodye

Surely, Your goodness and faithfulness have chased me every day of my life


  • Shades of Grace: Chimney Rock, North Carolina

    Chimney Rock. My favorite memories …When you say that around our extended family, immediately there will be happy responses of precious memories! Going to the mountains of North Carolina for a week with grandparents, cousins, and friends in the summers was just what we did every year in July. It’s hard to believe we stopped going Continue reading

  • Shades of Grace: Sunday Reminders of a King

    On this day, a Sunday (Day 41 of the countdown), it is appropriate to reflect on my grandfather. A servant-hearted pastor for many years, my Papa King died of a brain aneurism in September of 1974, not long after my parents had brought him to a hospital in Nashville to find out what was wrong Continue reading

  • Shades of Grace: Dalewood Days

     Going Away 50s Party The Dalewood Days: that is how our family refers to them. When I was in 2nd grade, we moved from Charleston, SC to Nashville, TN. There my dad was pastor of Dalewood Baptist Church for six years. Although middle school years probably don’t rise to the top of anyone’s list Continue reading

  • Shades of Grace: What we Remember

    I guess our memory bank holds only so much. As we go through our lives, we have to make room for new people, new events, and learning. For me, making room also means replacing. As I get closer to 50, the days of my childhood and youth are fading in memory. What was longer ago, now actually Continue reading

  • Shades of Grace: Rehearsing His Goodness

    In looking through photos, reading old notes and journals, and in thinking of all the significant events and people in my life in 50 years, I have quickly realized something … There is no way I will be able in just a few weeks to completely share the story of all the people who have Continue reading