About

Hello there… I’m Dave! 👋

Welcome to my small corner of the internet - Liturgy and Luchadors.

Auto-generated description: A character with a half-mask in vibrant colors, wearing a hoodie, cap, and carrying a camera. This blog is part of that messy, sacred work of rebuilding a life rooted in purpose, presence, and peace. It explores what comes after the fallout —rebuilding my faith from the ground up, unlearning lies, healing relationships, learning self-care, and slowly rediscovering joy in ordinary moments. Here, I hope to write openly about familial emotional and spiritual abuse, mental health, faith and doubt. It’s also a space where I can write prayers and share dreams again.

And finally, it is where I can write about my family and the interests that ground and delight me, from books and movies to podcasts and music, cooking, photography, football, OSINT, technology and locksports.

Thanks for stopping by…

More about me

I live in Prairie country near the beautiful Canadian Rockies with my family. I’m a proud Aussie who ironically became a Canadian citizen on Australia Day many years back.

From Dharug country to Moh’kinstsis. 🇦🇺 🇨🇦

I studied Hebrew and archaeology at university, served as a youth pastor in a couple of churches, and worked as a youth worker/food services manager for a Christian social non-profit.

Most recently, I have been a stay-at-home dad and employment support worker while trying to transition my career into OSINT, Social Engineering, and Private Investigations.

Three girls and a puppy sit on a bench overlooking a mountain pond in Kananaskis
My three girls and puppy enjoying Forgetmenot Pond in Kananaskis (2025)

I’m a follower of Jesus who is a bit of a theological mutt, influenced by the rich theology and traditions of Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, the Baptist church and Christian mysticism. There is also a smidge of charismatic influence —nothing too crazy, though.

My APEST Vocational Assessment has me pegged as the Prophetic-Shepherding type.

While my faith is central to my identity, I have a deep disdain for the way it’s often weaponized in politics and used to fuel hate. Christians should be known for their love; not their cruelty.

Personality-wise, I’m an INFJ (Advocate) and Enneagram 2 (Helper) type.

Politically, if I had to put a label on it, I probably lean toward a kind of Toryism. That said, it’s a complicated position to hold where I live. I live in a province that’s steadily drifting further to the far right, where politics often seem driven more by entitlement, resentment, grievance, and a deep sense of victimhood than by principle—typically wrapped in a romanticized version of the past.

Aside from all of that, I’m just a guy who loves his family and tries to find joy in the simple things in life.