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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[fatherless generation] chapter 14: redeeming the story
[serialposts] If our God is the Father to the fatherless, how can we, who are called to be imitators of him, be any less? As I read Redeeming the Story, I couldn't help but think of where my husband and I were seven months ago and where we're at now. Mentoring looks...
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making the 5th quarter [an interview with rick bieber]
There's a new movie out called The 5th Quarter. If you enjoy movies about faith and football (like I do), then this in one that you'll definitely want to check out. It's a movie about the real-life story of the Abbate family and the tragic loss of their son/brother...
still in the storm
Cloudy with a chance of sunshine was the forecast. And for once, the weatherman was right. Clouds, wind, and cool temperatures in the early morning made me doubt his judgment, but by late morning, clouds began to part and warm rays of sunshine began to shine on my...
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epistle of james [group blogging project]
It's New Testament wisdom literature... kind of like a 'modern' day Book of Proverbs. The Epistle of James is a book like no other in the New Testament. But that's one of the things that makes it so special. Some of the greatest guidance we have on Christian living...
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[fatherless generation] chapter 13: sustainable communities
[serialposts]Do you have somewhere to cry? Do you have somewhere to laugh? Do you have somewhere to play? Do you have somewhere you are loved? Do you have somewhere you are welcome? Do you have somewhere you can learn? Do you have somewhere you can teach? Do you have...
created with character
You made all the delicate inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven...
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[fatherless generation] chapter 12: in search of a name
[serialposts] These are sons and daughters who don't know their true name. They are searching for who they really are. In their search, they bring this question of identity to anyone who will listen. They live with the overwhelming urge to pursue those who will affrim...
the pastor’s salary
Spurred on by a comment on my last column (the pastor and the secular job) concerning the salaries of pastors, I am curious what the smart and worthy readers of BibleDude.net think about the contemporary state of the income of full-time pastors. It seems to me that...
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rising from the ashes [an interview with bob shirock]
Something incredible is about to happen in Detroit. This Saturday, 40,000 people from over 500 congregations will gather for a historic prayer walk. Beginning at Comerica Park and walking 2 miles down Woodward Avenue to the Spirit of Detroit statute on the riverfront,...
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Conversations with Daughters, Season 3, Episode 26: The Bible Dude
