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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love without truth is just a hippie smoking pot
“They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.” –...
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book review: now and then [a memoir of vocation]
In the book, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation, Frederick Buechner reflects on his vocational life. The book is separated into three chapters, which are titled according to the places where he went to school and worked: New York, Exeter, and Vermont. In New York...
when wonder’s wedged
Some days are way weary. This is one of them. Its wonder's wedged in the dusty gap between the cupboard and the fridge. And stuck in pancake syrup still puddled in the morning's plates. Tupperware towers topple on the work tables, containers that once held...
God’s Heart in a little green marker
Why? WHY? Why-why-why?! I want to know, too. So I take out my little green marker and highlight anything I see that answers the question, "Why?" Reasons. Purposes. Motives. Then I put on my magic eyeglasses which allow me to see just the green stuff. "These things I...
on autism and painting the garage with mustard
Her voice drifts across the many miles via the telephone and I don’t have to wonder what kind of day she has had. “It’s one of those days,” she says, “where she does whatever she can think to do.” She sighs wearily, then laughs. “You won’t believe the very last thing...
the innocent
I just returned from a trip to New York City. Monday I drove down from Syracuse to the city with my big sister. We arrived that evening and stayed with our brother and ventured into the city Tuesday morning. New York can have some pretty intense traffic so we opted to...
when pain crumples
She lies crumpled near the goal, in front of the other team’s spectators, and her wail impales my heart. But I’m a good soccer mom/nama, so I sit glued to my chair while her coach runs to her. Soon he’ll sweep her up in his arms (with a few jokes), set her down on the...
i am bibledude
I was twenty-eight. I spent my whole life up to that point living for myself, and I finally decided that I was going to start living for Someone Else. It's a cool story, and I'd love to tell it to you in greater detail sometime. What I'll say now is that making this...
parenting from the child’s view
“What does it matter what I do? I know you’re just going to tell me the same thing over and over. You’ll be disappointed in me and still classify me with dirt.” I don’t try to stop the words coming out of my mouth. I have held them back so many times in the past, so...
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Conversations with Daughters, Season 3, Episode 26: The Bible Dude
