Dustin Scott, DMin (Cand.)

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Dustin Scott is a high school church history and theology teacher pursuing a DMin in spiritual formation and Relational Neuroscience at Western Theological Seminary. He writes about spiritual formation, relational neuroscience, and addiction on Substack at Recovery Formation.

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“Normal” Addictions and the Church That Heals Them

November 10, 2026

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Dustin Scott, DMin (Cand.)

Holly Lazzaro, MA

David Ramirez, BA

Cayla Bland, PhD, MFT

Jonathan Wilcoxson, PhD

Sandra Mayo, PhD

Berith Han, MA

Julie Lynn Ashley, MA

Randy Compton, PhD

Kate Day, MBA

Matt Yocum, MS

Jonathan Lett, PhD

Michael McGinnis, PhD, PE

Jan Shultis, PhD

Kelly D. Liebengood, PhD

Rick Townsend, PhD

Fazale “Fuz” Rana, PhD

Laura A. Cheshire, BA

Steven D. Mason, PhD

Zak Mellgren, MA

Allen Cagle, DMin

Kenneth C. Way, PhD

Thomas Pellegrino

Erin Tidd

Bryce Asberg, BA

Miracle St. Kitts

Kirsten Black, MA

John Han, MA, MD (cand.)

Robert Drew, MA

Benjamin Clements, ThM

Luke Gormally

Savannah Crossfield

Jang-Young Lee, MDiv

Jeffrey Boyd, M.D.

Justin Coverstone, MA

Amanda Higginbotham, MA

Lance Higginbotham, PhD

Tyler Stauffer, MDiv

Colleen Small, MA

Caitlyn Trader, STD, MS

Stephanie Blessing

Hyangjin (Joy) Park, PhD (Cand.)

Brian S. Chan, DMin

Ari Shulman

Daniel McConchie, MA

Sean McDowell, Ph.D.

Jeff McNicol, Mdiv

Todd McCaslin, MD

Janet Liljestrand, MD

Kevin Dumpe, MD

Jeffrey Wright, MD

Bramwell Waseke, MD

Ken Muma, MD, MA

David Hyams, JD

Greg Manship, DBe, MDiv

Linda R. Duncan, RN, DNP, CCRN, CNE

George Kalantzis, PhD

Edward Szeto, MA

Gina Fullam, PhD (Cand.)

Haedi Deangelis, MA (Cand.)

Austin Freeman, MTh

Robert Aronson, DrPH

William Struthers, PhD

Jane Hall, BSN, MS

Michael Mayo, JD

Jeanne Mancini

Amy Coxon, PhD

Rochelle Moore MSW

James Greear, MDiv, BCC

Eileen Clark, MS, CCLS

Pat Emery, MSN, RN

Nigel Crompton, PhD

Luke Johnson, PhD (candidate)

Joal Hill, JD, MPH, PhD

Alistair Begg

Jerry A. Johnson, PhD

Mark Pickup

Marianne Becker, JD

Fr. James Connell

Jeff Lynds, MD

Rodney A. Skeens, JD

C. Robin Shirley, RN, MSN

Mark A. Schrade, MDiv

Carl Sven Larson, MD

Alvin H. Moss, MD

Kay James, PhD

Rebecca Davis Mathias, PhD

Walt Larimore, M.D.

Randy Alcorn, ThM

Don McConnell, JD

Patricia E. Terrell, MA

H. Victor Condé, LLM

John L. Dodd, JD

David Llewellyn, JD

Gina J. Mohr, MD

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, PhD

Steve Calvin

Jakub Rajcani

Grady Stuckman

Michael Redinger

Dustin Scott, DMin (Cand.)

“Normal” Addictions and the Church That Heals Them

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