rev. dan king
let’s walk this faith together.
Author, Episcopal deacon, and speaker. Writing for 19 years on Scripture, prayer, service, and ancient practices that meet us at the intersection of everyday life.
Holy Rhythms for Hurting Hearts
Essays on Mental Health and Ancient Church Practices
Holy Rhythms for Hurting Hearts is a collection of deeply personal and pastoral essays exploring how ancient Christian practices can meet us in the middle of modern mental health struggles. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, or simply longing for peace in a chaotic world, this book offers a gentle invitation to find healing through sacred rhythms like prayer, Sabbath, liturgy, service, and more.
Written with honesty and hope, this book doesn’t offer quick fixes. Instead, it points to the beauty of slowing down, showing up, and rooting yourself in practices that have carried the Church through centuries of both suffering and joy.
Author · Episcopal Deacon · Speaker · blogging since 2007
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[the monkey and the fish] chapter 5: three questions that become the answers
by Tom Wilhoit My assignment was to read Chapter 5 of the book The Monkey and the Fish by Dave Gibbons. The title of the chapter is “Three Questions that Become the Answers”. I could relate to Dave as he shared about his excitement of hearing a guest speaker and...
[invisible friday]: cliff
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[the monkey and the fish] chapter 4: liquid bruce lee
by Doug Goodrich Black and white, sweet and sour, wet and dry, hot and cold, all are opposites but they also fit together in a strange bedfellow way. What I mean is that when you see them listed on the page together, you don’t think it’s odd. How about liquid and...
[the monkey and the fish] chapter 3: neighbor
by Greg Glatz Chapter 3 of The Monkey and the Fish opens with Kierkegaard’s searing indictment of Christians as “scheming swindlers” who pretend not to understand what God expects of them. KAPOW! Next, Gibbons sweetens the tone with Desmond Tutu’s depiction of Ubuntu...
[the monkey and the fish] chapter 2: wardrobe
by robyn blaikie collins So… the majority of this chapter is spent telling us why it shouldn’t be the only focus of the church to increase numbers. As someone on a creative team at a mega-church I found it interesting to be confronted and, then encouraged by what I...
wordless wednesday: well water in kenya
[the monkey and the fish] chapter 1: liquid
by Shane Waldrop I must admit that being asked to do a blogging project on a book that I had not touched yet was a little daunting. Maybe I’m a cheater, but I like to have super-duper extra knowledge about something before I write about it. But this book has had no...
[the monkey and the fish] introduction
I've always felt like it's important that Christians should have their thinking challenged regularly. I don't think that it's ever wise for a Christian to get too comfortable with where they are in their faith-walk. The church gets enough criticism for not 'thinking',...
poetry [justice]: as the deer
by Marcus Goodyear We owe it to each other to share what white tail already know. When the pressure changes, they run together, hooves clacking across asphalt then silent on the dewy lawns. About the author: Marcus Goodyear is Senior Editor for The High Calling, High...
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Conversations with Daughters, Season 3, Episode 26: The Bible Dude
