About
Hello there... I'm Dave! 👋
Welcome to my small corner of the internet called Liturgy & Luchadors.
This blog is part of that messy and sacred process of rebuilding a life of purpose, presence, and peace.
It's about what happens after the fallout—when you’re rebuilding faith from the ground up, healing relationships, learning to care for yourself, and wrestling to find joy in everyday things again.
It's where I openly write about my experiences with familial emotional and spiritual abuse, mental health, faith and doubt.
And finally, it's where I share about my family and the hobbies I enjoy —whether it be reading, movies, podcasts, photography, football, Linux/*BSD and OSINT.
Thank you for stopping by.
A little 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 Colomatta 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 while trying to transition my career into OSINT, Online and Private Investigations.
I am 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 Personal Vocational Assessment has me pegged as a Prophetic-Shepherding type.
Though my faith is vital to my identity, I utterly loathe hyper-spiritualized politics and hate.
Personality-wise, I'm an INFJ (Advocate) and Enneagram 2 (Helper) type.
In regards to politics, I am a slight center-left kinda guy, which sucks as I live in an increasingly far-right province — often fuelled with a lot of entitlement and grievance.
But besides all of that, I'm just a guy who loves my family, podcasts, movies, football (soccer), escape rooms, CTFs, and the occasional adventure.
Where to find me:
Social Media & Messaging:
This blog, along with my Mastodon and Pixelfed accounts, act as my primary social media hub. You will find most of my posts, photos and videos in these two spaces.
A more detailed list of my active online identities can be found at https://davewinter.info.
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