Holy Rhythms for Hurting Hearts

Book Description:

In a world that often feels like it’s moving too fast, Holy Rhythms for Hurting Hearts offers a slower, deeper path — one grounded in sacred tradition and authentic healing. This collection of essays invites readers into the ancient practices of the Church as a way to navigate anxiety, burnout, grief, and emotional fatigue with faith and resilience.

Rather than prescribing neat solutions or pretending pain can be prayed away, Rev. Dan King draws from Scripture, personal experience, and the rhythms of liturgical life to explore how practices like prayer, rest, lament, and service become places where we can encounter God’s healing presence. From the silence of Sabbath to the sacred space of liturgy, each chapter reflects a different rhythm that speaks directly to the modern-day wounded soul.

These reflections are deeply personal. Born from seasons of burnout and anxiety, and shaped through years of ministry as an Episcopal deacon, King’s words offer gentle guidance for anyone seeking peace that lasts beyond the moment. They are rooted in ancient wisdom and written with today’s weary hearts in mind.

Whether you’re burned out by the pace of life, discouraged by church hurt, or quietly carrying grief that others don’t see, this book meets you there. It doesn’t rush you forward. Instead, it walks with you slowly, inviting you to pause, reflect, and find Jesus in the small sacred spaces of everyday life.

Throughout the book, you’ll discover how serving others can help heal our own hearts, how community can bear our burdens, and how simple practices like breath prayer or daily office can bring surprising clarity in the middle of emotional storms.

This is not just a book to read — it’s an invitation to breathe again. To rest. To remember that healing doesn’t come from striving harder, but from returning to rhythms that were always meant to sustain us.

If your heart is hurting, let these ancient practices offer you a sacred way forward.