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
latest writing
wordless wednesday: filling the water bottle
poetry [compassion]: stilling storms
by Keith Wallis Mary, outside a tomb, carrying ointments and a storm of grief, hears the voice that calmed the waters in tones of comfort: ‘Be still and know that I am God’. At an Emmaus home, over broken bread, in a storm of confusion, hear the voice that calmed...
servolution group blogging project wordle
Now that the Servolution Group Blogging Project is over, I thought that it would be cool to get a visual representation of the entire project. Courtesy of wordle.net I've run the text through from all of the posts and this was the result... Anything stand out to...
poetry [compassion]: safety
by Keith Wallis A lifetime ago traffic’s roaring battlefield held me death row captive, nowhere to hide, no way to survive. I turned my back to oblivion awaiting the inevitable stamp of death. A moment ago the future was a closed book the past - another lifetime...
how a bank is bringing reconcilliation to a sudanese villiage
by Kelli Ross LIETNHOM, SUDAN — For Deng Agei conflict is a part of life. After living through two decades of civil war in South Sudan, relative peace had come to his village of Lietnhom, where he opened a microbusiness and sold a variety of household goods and food...
the africa diaries
Amazon.com Widgets In May of 2009 I joined a team of businessmen from around the United States as Five Talents International (FTI) sent us out for a Business as Mission (BAM) Trip to Kenya and Uganda. FTI is a faith-based organization that fights poverty with...
poetry [compassion]: oh how we lie to deny you
by Carole Turner Fire why? Burn inside. Fly Fly Fly. Oh How I cry. How I lie, to deny. Where's the pain? The Rain. It's all the same. Say it again. Again. Go and don't look back. Pack, pack, pack. And hate what you took. Leave it there. Have no fear? Have no fear....
photo journal [compassion]: helping homeless people
by Carole Turner My 12 year old daughter has gotten up every Thursday at 4:30am for almost two years to go cook and then feed breakfast to the homeless population of Baton Rouge. The breakfast is served at the Baton Rouge Dream Center's Roselawn location, which is...
[servolution] closing thoughts
by Dino Rizzo First of all let me just say what a great idea this group blogging project has proven to be! Dan, you’re not only a communicator, you’re a connector. And I’m honored that you have chosen to connect your readers with the Servolution movement. I’m also so...
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Conversations with Daughters, Season 3, Episode 26: The Bible Dude
