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
a pregnancy of the heart (our story of saying “yes” to #adoption)
She loves to be tickled. When most kids would squirm and ask you to stop, my one-and-a-half-year-old daughter giggles, “Tickle, Daddy!” as if she wants more. I love those moments with my children. You know the ones—when the whole world disappears, and nothing else...
the #activistfaith voter guide to the presidential elections
I'm pretty much over the drama with the current election cycle. Is it just me, or are the presidential elections getting to be more hateful and divisive? And it doesn't stop with the presidential candidates. Rarely do you see campaign ads designed to educate people on...
after three years in jail, this guy has an (awesome) dream for his community
Overcoming the impacts of poverty requires the breaking of cycles. And that's exactly what Alexis Quintero is doing. He runs a store in his community in Casco Viejo, Panama where shoppers don't need cash to buy anything. Instead, they buy items using poker chips...
how get #elfontheshelf to preach it!
Like many other families, the Christmas stuff comes out and get set up almost immediately after Thanksgiving. We get the artificial tree out, light up the festive candles, and turn up the Christmas music channel on Pandora. One thing you need to know about us is...
the #codexinstagramus initiative: a bible photography project
What if you could only use pictures to tell the story of the Gospel? I've been thinking a great deal about Luke, the writer of his Gospel and the Book of Acts. The influence of his writing is unquestionable. But one thing most people don't know about him is that he...
what’s the deal with the faith at work movement?
There's a movement beginning to stir. Literature being published on this theme is on the rise, conversations and initiatives on college campuses are becoming more frequent, and media coverage (traditional and digital) is broaching the subject more often. What kind of...
that time my son reminded me how God is in control
[Tweet "Sometimes you just need a reminder that God is in control."] And sometimes God speaks to us in the most unexpected ways. That happened to Krista and I the other day. It's been a whirlwind of a week. If you told me a week ago that we'd have a newborn baby in...
3 lessons from a year of activist faith
The Activist Faith project has been more than a book project for me. It's been part of a process of discovering a way of life. The process started in my heart several years ago, and it's hard to believe that it's already been a year since the book was released. In the...
how to do social justice while you work
I got to introduce someone to the wide-open world of Google. It was a few years ago, but still... it was around the time the word "google" was being added to the dictionary in verb form, meaning "to search the Internet to find information." I forget her name, but I...
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05.31.2026 Trinity Sunday Sermon
