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rev. dan king

rev. dan king

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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.

 

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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.

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Holy Rhythms for Hurting Hearts

Author · Episcopal Deacon · Speaker · blogging since 2007

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total immersion

total immersion

immersion: a state of being deeply engaged or involved; being absorbed by. I see them every time I drive to church. On park benches, in shady corners, on church steps. In alleyways, on street corners, under bridges. So often I turn my eyes the other way so as to not...

psalm 19:14 [the declaration]

psalm 19:14 [the declaration]

Note: This post is part of a series exploring Psalm 19 ~ Overwhelming Trust. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart     be acceptable in your sight,     O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Now, let us again ask the questions that we began with. These...

crystal blue persuasion

crystal blue persuasion

Grace has brought a blue-topped spiral notebook as well as two big containers—one of markers, one of crayons. She’s drawn a yellow sun in the left corner, and I smile because the prelude was called “Sun of my Soul.” We missed the prelude. “Be sure to put the top back...

for when you’re really scared

for when you’re really scared

Have you ever been scared? Not just a little scared or just said that you were scared to death of something, but really scared. The kind of scared where you're genuinely afraid for your life? I have. I was a young guy, about 17 years old and in my junior year of high...

the moving angels

the moving angels

We just moved. It was the hardest move of my life. And I've moved a lot. Nine times since I graduated from college 9 years ago to be exact. This time we asked for help. And people came out of the woodworks. I called them the moving angels. There were people...

psalm 19:12-14 [personal prayer]

psalm 19:12-14 [personal prayer]

Note: This post is part of a series exploring Psalm 19 ~ Overwhelming Trust. Who can discern his errors?     Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;     let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless,...

when we see the deer

when we see the deer

The deer, they tell us, come right up to the windows. My parents did, after all, build and operate the Deerland Motel. Deer have always been a part of our lives in some form. So we move Mom into the room with the view. I see a doe the next day, hidden way back in the...

you were a diva [even before you mounted the stage]

you were a diva [even before you mounted the stage]

Spotlights, crazy nights, you are here to sing. Glittery shoes, smart dress, high heels, you mount the stage. You are here to gain the crowd, to build a reputation that would last long even after you are gone. Garner lots of awards and accolade, be termed a legend,...

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