![]() ![]() Cranston Moses, members of Pine Eden Baptist Church where Ken is now pastor. Today the Claytons live in that long-imagined cabin on a small piece of Tennessee Cumberland Plateau property gifted them by Dr. All the while, Ken continued to sketch his ideas for a log cabin like Tennessee’s early pioneers built – square logs, chinked, dovetailed corners, wood-burning fireplace, wide front porch. “This was Ken’s dream, but I wouldn’t change making the move to our log cabin for the world,” Joy Clayton admitted, explaining that her husband had imagined himself living in the kind of log cabins he’d seen so often as a boy growing up in East Tennessee.ĭuring their half a century of marriage, Ken, a Baptist minister, and Joy lived in what Joy called “typical suburban houses,” primarily in the Nashville, Tenn., area with a three-year stint in Spain. It represents generosity and collaboration and the meandering paths that dreams take that somehow, sometimes lead to home. Sure, their log cabin is only about 1,600 square feet, with the Claytons residing primarily on the first floor, but the home reflects the inherent transitions of a long marriage, a fulfilling career and a happy family. While the lyrics are doubtless metaphorical, Kenneth and Joy Clayton are enjoying their own corner of gloryland in a log home that’s anything but “just” a cabin. “Lord, build me just a cabin in the corner of gloryland” is a well-known reprise from a country gospel standard recorded by artists from Hank Williams to Charlie Pride. Winter 2015 Log Home Living Magazine Dream Home Showcase Story by Claudia Johnson Photography by Roger Wade ![]()
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