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Dwayne Shugert is a pastor, a reader, a writer, an avid Ohio State football fan, and the author of "Fierce Love: Finding God in Harry Potter". Dwayne is working on several other writing projects, including a book combining the disciplines of Economics and Spirituality, a book about the underside of faith, tentatively entitled "No Place God is Not, as well as a zombie novel. Dwayne is married to the love of his life Melissa and they have seven children (three biological and two not legally adoptive, and yet still loved and part of the family) Christon, Dessa, Grace, Joel and Malachi and two they will soon adopt Joseph and Isaiha. He lives in Rossford, Ohio and is the Pastor at Rossford United Methodist Church. ...more

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The Discipline of Reading

I know some people do not like to read. Reading is a discipline, you have to make time to read, you have to want to read. Honestly, there are a lot of very good reasons why some people do not read, everything from not enough time, or energy at the end of a long day, to reading and attention disorders, to not finding the right books to read or having the wrong ones forced on you through school, or Read more of this blog post »

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The Fall (The Strain #2)

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Mind on Fire: A Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent

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God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion

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“My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.”
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“We never surrendered. We always kept in our hearts the most noble, beautiful feeling that sets human beings apart: hope.”
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