Duane S. Montague

Duane S. Montague was born in San Diego, California, spent most of his life living in Seattle, Washington, and recently relocated to Chino Hills, California. He is a pastor, creative director, former Disney corporate trainer and manager, former high school teacher, and a few other things. Today, he tells his own stories and helps people and organizations around the world tell theirs.

He has written sixteen original holiday musicals, ten original stage productions for kids, 126 sketch comedy productions, as well as both editions of "Resting Merry: Finding Joy and Peace at Christmas," "Let Go," "The Bear Necessities" series of books, for which he also provided the illustrations, and several other books that are still in the works. He hosts the podcast "Resting Merry: Discovering Joy and Peace in Your Life," available on Spotify and Apple Music.

He has written curriculum for David C. Cook for ten years, including the new "Action Bible Curriculum," based on the award-winning comic book version of the Bible, "The Action Bible." He is a contributing writer to a new pre-teen devotional "The Action Bible Anytime Devotions: 90 Ways to Help Kids Connect with God Anytime, Anywhere," released in 2020. He is a frequent guest speaker at churches and conferences and recipient of the Disney Spirit Award.

He is married and has four children and loves making as many memories as possible at places like Disneyland and America's National Parks. He can frequently be found sitting outside, listening to his favorite Disney Parks music loops, thankful to live in sunshine again.