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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when life goes on
Editor's Note: Read part one of this story... how to love the ones who don’t love you I clean the cat box and elbow the 51 inch TV draped in a shroud on the screened in porch. It’s another thing that didn’t fit in the storage unit. There are now two china cabinets...
giving to God
The average self-proclaimedly active Christian gives about 2% of their income to the church. If all self-proclaimedly active Christians gave merely an average of 5%, there would be $133 billion more to do the work of the gospel. As I read this on a friend's Facebook...
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surpassing knowledge [ephesians 3:14-21]
Ephesians includes two prayers by Paul concerning the readers of the letter. Ephesians 3:14-21 is the second of those prayers. [1] It's an extraordinary prayer asking Father God to strengthen his people by the power of the Holy Spirit and to have power to know...
for when your to-do list looms large
I brew a cup of Darjeeling, then slather a toasted sourdough English muffin with butter. I spoon on some homemade strawberry freezer jam, enough to drip down my chin when I take a bite. The white wooden porch swing hangs from rusted chains and creak-squeaks as I...
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[ANNOUNCEMENT] popular bloggers ink deal for Activist Faith
July 9, 2012—Popular bloggers and authors Dillon Burroughs (Undefending Christianity), Daniel Darling (Real, iFaith), and Dan King (The Unlikely Missionary) have signed a new deal with Navpress, it was announced today by agent Tamela Hancock Murray of The Steve Laube...
i have peace and it is good.
As a kid, I questioned everything from why I had to make my bed to who painted those pictures of Jesus and how did they know what he looked like to what is tapioca. Imagine my annoyance after I went to the cupboard and found the ingredient list on a box of dry tapioca...
[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 ways to jumpstart a dead faith
Read the full post from Daniel Darling: 5 ways to jumpstart a dead faith
open door policy
We walk through the open door and I can't help but think how much I love this place. We've been searching so long for community like this. People who truly care for us. Who care for everyone who walks through that door. We leave the door open during worship. It's...
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book review: to america [personal reflections of an historian]
As we celebrate the independence of the United States of America today with hotdogs, apple pie, fireworks, etc. it seems right to do a review on a book concerning American history. Stephen E. Ambrose, the famed historian and author of Band of Brothers, wrote a...
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Conversations with Daughters, Season 3, Episode 26: The Bible Dude
