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the infinite." -Pablo Neruda, So Is My Life, Song
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| published
from June 2004 to September 2005 | Understanding that questions,
frustrations, doubts and anger must be central to any life of integrity
and faith, A Lovers' Quarrel was Dwight Ozard's attempt to
record his thoughts concerning the cultural baggage which seems
to have grafted itself onto spiritual life—particularly in
North America. Dwight, through these musings, committed to speaking
his mind, ridiculing the ridiculous, pointing at and mocking the
emperor's willy, sighing lustily at the bosom of beauty, crying
with the heartbroken, and raging at injustice. |
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ESSAYS
ON SPIRITUAL LIFE
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and POPULAR CULTURE |
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contributor |
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Dwight
Ozard
was a writer, speaker, and communications, marketing and
organizational consultant. He traveled the world with
non-profit and for profit organizations, entertainers
and the entertainment industry, politicians, and individuals,
helping them develop creative strategies to, at once,
better tell their stories and find ways to more effectively
use what they do to serve those who have no power, no
voice, no advocates.
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During
his tenure as Director of Communications and Special Events
for Evangelicals for Social Action (a national, membership-driven,
advocacy agency organizing and appealing on behalf of
theologically conservative but politically progressive
evangelicals), Dwight helped create ESA's award-winning
PRISM magazine, where he earned an international reputation
as a writer of extraordinary sensitivity and courage—capturing
several awards heralding his music criticism, thought-provoking,
honest, and occasionally controversial editorials, and
analysis of the American religious and social landscapes.
His groundbreaking essay, "The Seven Deadly Sins
of Contemporary Christian Music", was heralded by
CCM Magazine as "crucial, must reading" for
the music community.
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In
the '90s, Dwight was a regular speaker at the Cornerstone
Festival and other large festivals and conferences. He
spoke around the United States, Canada, and Central America—where
he came to be recognized as a passionate advocate and
agitator for relevant, redemptive, and playfully faith-filled
cultural engagement and social action.
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Dwight
was also a respected and highly sought-after expert in
communications, marketing, and public relations. Over
the years, he worked with—and for—a wide range
of organizations, ministries, and individuals—from
some of the largest NGOs in the world (including World
Vision International and World Vision Canada, Habitat
for Humanity International, DATA), to some of the world's
most recognizable entertainers and public figures (including
Sarah Michelle Gellar; Randall Wallace; The WB Network;
the (former) Galloping Gourmet, Graham Kerr; People Magazine;
Tony Campolo; Sixpence None the Richer; Julia Stiles;
Tipper Gore), to small, focused non-profits and politicians.
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As
a consultant, Ozard was especially recognized for his
insights into the development of "Cultural Capital",
having earned a reputation as one of the most sentient
experts in matching organizations and businesses with
celebrities and artists seeking ways to creatively use
their positions to both respectfully serve those in need
and sensitively raise their profiles and "brands".
Ozard also worked in the music industry—largely in
private—to empower and teach artists to genuinely
serve the needy while remaining true to their callings
as art-makers and communicators.
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A
four-year cancer patient, this native of London, Ontario,
Canada was developing several books for publication,
including My Friend Went to Chemotherapy and All
I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt, a compilation of
the journals and letters that chronicle his ongoing
battle with Multiple Myeloma. He worked with Graham
Kerr on Outdulgence, a book on living the "good
life" as an act of service. He also collected
and wrote a series of essays, editorials (old and
new), and studies to be published as two companion
volumes titled A Lovers' Quarrel with God and
How to be a Worldly Christian (and Not Go to Hell).
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lived with wife Sheri Blick in Devon, Pennsylvania. He passed
away on November 14, 2005 from complications related to
cancer. |
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