RevDaniel 🇨🇦
@revdaniel.bsky.social
Jesus, Justice and a side of Jazz Hands. Anglican priest. Husband to James. Dogdad to Chester.
Instagram: danieldbrereton
Twitter (X): Was banned for calling Musk and Trump Russian assets.
Instagram: danieldbrereton
Twitter (X): Was banned for calling Musk and Trump Russian assets.
I remember in the early 2000s hating George W. Bush so much and thinking I could never despise an American president more than I did him.
I really should have saved some of that energy.
I really should have saved some of that energy.
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I remember in the early 2000s hating George W. Bush so much and thinking I could never despise an American president more than I did him.
I really should have saved some of that energy.
I really should have saved some of that energy.
The Word became flesh to dwell among us.
It did not become ideology to be imposed upon us.
When ideology forgets humanity it becomes idolatry.
And we have, for too long, been willing - sometimes resigned, often eager - to sacrifice humanity to our idols.
It did not become ideology to be imposed upon us.
When ideology forgets humanity it becomes idolatry.
And we have, for too long, been willing - sometimes resigned, often eager - to sacrifice humanity to our idols.
December 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Word became flesh to dwell among us.
It did not become ideology to be imposed upon us.
When ideology forgets humanity it becomes idolatry.
And we have, for too long, been willing - sometimes resigned, often eager - to sacrifice humanity to our idols.
It did not become ideology to be imposed upon us.
When ideology forgets humanity it becomes idolatry.
And we have, for too long, been willing - sometimes resigned, often eager - to sacrifice humanity to our idols.
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Murdering nonwhite people,
in the name of “Christianity,”
on Christmas Day,
is peak MAGA Christianity.
in the name of “Christianity,”
on Christmas Day,
is peak MAGA Christianity.
Worth noting that Nigeria makes a point in its statement to debunk Trump’s comments that this violence is specifically directed at Christians, acknowledging that it impacts everyone.
December 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Murdering nonwhite people,
in the name of “Christianity,”
on Christmas Day,
is peak MAGA Christianity.
in the name of “Christianity,”
on Christmas Day,
is peak MAGA Christianity.
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Trump "defending" Christians by bombing terrorist in Nigeria. Nigeria has the largest oil reserve in Africa, and Trump doesn't care about black people.
Ukraine is devoutly Christian and he bends a knee to Putin.
Venezuelans aren't harming Americans, but have oil.
Remember "no more foreign wars"?
Ukraine is devoutly Christian and he bends a knee to Putin.
Venezuelans aren't harming Americans, but have oil.
Remember "no more foreign wars"?
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
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"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
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O Come, O Come (Click to read on Substack)
O Come, O Come
The Desire for Christ is the Desire for Divine Love
www.anamchara.net
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
O Come, O Come (Click to read on Substack)
During the holiday between Christmas and New Year - one of my annual tasks is digital declutterring and clean up. I organize files, clean out my hardrive, delete old files and apps, change passwords, unsubscribe from accounts. It’s tedious but feels so good once I’m done.
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
During the holiday between Christmas and New Year - one of my annual tasks is digital declutterring and clean up. I organize files, clean out my hardrive, delete old files and apps, change passwords, unsubscribe from accounts. It’s tedious but feels so good once I’m done.
Fun fact: when I sang “Good King Wenceslas” as a child I didn’t know “the Feast of Stephen” referred to an actual day.
I thought “feast of Stephen” was a poetic British name for a field somewhere.
Ah yes, the great feast of Stephen, site of an ancient battle between the Picts and Saxons. /1
I thought “feast of Stephen” was a poetic British name for a field somewhere.
Ah yes, the great feast of Stephen, site of an ancient battle between the Picts and Saxons. /1
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fun fact: when I sang “Good King Wenceslas” as a child I didn’t know “the Feast of Stephen” referred to an actual day.
I thought “feast of Stephen” was a poetic British name for a field somewhere.
Ah yes, the great feast of Stephen, site of an ancient battle between the Picts and Saxons. /1
I thought “feast of Stephen” was a poetic British name for a field somewhere.
Ah yes, the great feast of Stephen, site of an ancient battle between the Picts and Saxons. /1
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even…..
Walking Chester through a Boxing Day blizzard. Snow isn’t heavy yet but wind is brutal. We decided to brave it this morning as it just going to get worse later this afternoon.
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even…..
Walking Chester through a Boxing Day blizzard. Snow isn’t heavy yet but wind is brutal. We decided to brave it this morning as it just going to get worse later this afternoon.
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even…..
Walking Chester through a Boxing Day blizzard. Snow isn’t heavy yet but wind is brutal. We decided to brave it this morning as it just going to get worse later this afternoon.
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even…..
Walking Chester through a Boxing Day blizzard. Snow isn’t heavy yet but wind is brutal. We decided to brave it this morning as it just going to get worse later this afternoon.
Wasn’t exactly a white Christmas but definitely going to be a white Boxing Day. ❄️🌨️
December 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wasn’t exactly a white Christmas but definitely going to be a white Boxing Day. ❄️🌨️
Every year I go to bed Christmas night thinking “I’m sleeping in tomorrow and spending the whole day in my pyjamas!”
Then someone wakes me up on Boxing Day reminding me “You have a dog”. #DailyChester
Then someone wakes me up on Boxing Day reminding me “You have a dog”. #DailyChester
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Every year I go to bed Christmas night thinking “I’m sleeping in tomorrow and spending the whole day in my pyjamas!”
Then someone wakes me up on Boxing Day reminding me “You have a dog”. #DailyChester
Then someone wakes me up on Boxing Day reminding me “You have a dog”. #DailyChester
Time of year I unfollow or block every fitness influencer / trainer who makes fun of people starting the gym Jan 1st.
Yes gyms are emptier come Feb,resolutions typically last 2 weeks and packed gyms are inconvenient.
But every person’s journey started somewhere. Your’s did. Encourage. Don’t mock.
Yes gyms are emptier come Feb,resolutions typically last 2 weeks and packed gyms are inconvenient.
But every person’s journey started somewhere. Your’s did. Encourage. Don’t mock.
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Time of year I unfollow or block every fitness influencer / trainer who makes fun of people starting the gym Jan 1st.
Yes gyms are emptier come Feb,resolutions typically last 2 weeks and packed gyms are inconvenient.
But every person’s journey started somewhere. Your’s did. Encourage. Don’t mock.
Yes gyms are emptier come Feb,resolutions typically last 2 weeks and packed gyms are inconvenient.
But every person’s journey started somewhere. Your’s did. Encourage. Don’t mock.
This was beautiful.
Following the King's address, the combined choir of "Songs for Ukraine" and the Royal Opera House Choir performed the English version of the Ukrainian song "Shchedryk," known as "Carol of the Bells."
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This was beautiful.
Someone is worn out from Christmas. #DailyChester
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Someone is worn out from Christmas. #DailyChester
The King’s Christmas Message. Christmas Day is complete.
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The King’s Christmas Message. Christmas Day is complete.
Chester and Grandpa.
#DaiilyChester
#DaiilyChester
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Chester and Grandpa.
#DaiilyChester
#DaiilyChester
Christmas dinner with James’s Dad. Chester - as always - is happy to help with the presents.
December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Christmas dinner with James’s Dad. Chester - as always - is happy to help with the presents.
Christmas dinner - just James’ dad this year.
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Christmas dinner - just James’ dad this year.
One of my gifts from James: tickets in April to a screening of “West Side Story (1961)” at Meridian Hall with a live orchestra playing the score. 🥰
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
One of my gifts from James: tickets in April to a screening of “West Side Story (1961)” at Meridian Hall with a live orchestra playing the score. 🥰
Happy Christmas Pooch.
#DailyChester
#DailyChester
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy Christmas Pooch.
#DailyChester
#DailyChester
Chester finally got to open the two big bags under the tree that he knew were for him.
The newest additions to his ever expanding stuffie fam: Lucy Lama and Rick Pickle.
He’s already been “inappropriate” with Rick.
#DailyChester
The newest additions to his ever expanding stuffie fam: Lucy Lama and Rick Pickle.
He’s already been “inappropriate” with Rick.
#DailyChester
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Chester finally got to open the two big bags under the tree that he knew were for him.
The newest additions to his ever expanding stuffie fam: Lucy Lama and Rick Pickle.
He’s already been “inappropriate” with Rick.
#DailyChester
The newest additions to his ever expanding stuffie fam: Lucy Lama and Rick Pickle.
He’s already been “inappropriate” with Rick.
#DailyChester
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“O Come All Ye Doubtful”
A sermon among the best in the Xmas sermon genre. A very powerful message for a most holy day.
A sermon among the best in the Xmas sermon genre. A very powerful message for a most holy day.
O Come All Ye Faithful. And fearful, struggling, nostalgic, seeking, unsure, lonely, joyful, grieving, and maybe curious.
Please join us tomorrow, December 24, at 7pm ET as we celebrate Christmas Eve. Here's the link to the livestream:
youtube.com/live/k6uU7FR...
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Please join us tomorrow, December 24, at 7pm ET as we celebrate Christmas Eve. Here's the link to the livestream:
youtube.com/live/k6uU7FR...
(1/3)
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“O Come All Ye Doubtful”
A sermon among the best in the Xmas sermon genre. A very powerful message for a most holy day.
A sermon among the best in the Xmas sermon genre. A very powerful message for a most holy day.
Our little church @stjohnsdixiechurch.bsky.social was full tonight and so is my heart. A Merry Christmas to all and God bless us, everyone. 🌟
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Reposted because people can’t simply ignore typos.
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Our little church @stjohnsdixiechurch.bsky.social was full tonight and so is my heart. A Merry Christmas to all and God bless us, everyone. 🌟
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Reposted because people can’t simply ignore typos.
Parishioner texted me “I’ve got something for you. I’ll bring it tonight”.
And I jokingly texted back: “Why? What’s tonight?”
She immediately responded with “Um, Christmas Eve?”
I wrote back: Is TODAY Dec 24th???
She wrote. Ok don’t panic. What do you need? I can get whatever you need ready…”/1
And I jokingly texted back: “Why? What’s tonight?”
She immediately responded with “Um, Christmas Eve?”
I wrote back: Is TODAY Dec 24th???
She wrote. Ok don’t panic. What do you need? I can get whatever you need ready…”/1
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Parishioner texted me “I’ve got something for you. I’ll bring it tonight”.
And I jokingly texted back: “Why? What’s tonight?”
She immediately responded with “Um, Christmas Eve?”
I wrote back: Is TODAY Dec 24th???
She wrote. Ok don’t panic. What do you need? I can get whatever you need ready…”/1
And I jokingly texted back: “Why? What’s tonight?”
She immediately responded with “Um, Christmas Eve?”
I wrote back: Is TODAY Dec 24th???
She wrote. Ok don’t panic. What do you need? I can get whatever you need ready…”/1
In the English medieval church the O Antiphons began one day earlier (Dec 16) so that an eighth antiphon in Mary’s honour could be added.
O Virgo virginium (O Virgin of virgins)
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O Virgo virginium (O Virgin of virgins)
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December 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In the English medieval church the O Antiphons began one day earlier (Dec 16) so that an eighth antiphon in Mary’s honour could be added.
O Virgo virginium (O Virgin of virgins)
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O Virgo virginium (O Virgin of virgins)
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