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Have you been praying about a situation in your life and found yourself waiting for a breakthrough? Are you wondering why the answer hasn’t come yet? Do you feel as though victory is passing you by? Many of us are feeling the pressure of this time. In the midst of the ever changing pandemic and…
Read More“He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’ They were terrified and asked each other, ‘Who is this? Even the wind and the…
Read More“Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV) There is a growing trend of believers who are seeking to…
Read Moreby Emily Yancey At ABBA we have noticed an up and coming trend as we meet up with local community leaders: how young they are! In fact, more often than not we see young adults, particularly single and under 30, stepping up in the community as non profit leaders. What spawns this trend one might…
Read Moreby Jeff Johnson We have all heard the phrase, “Do what I say, not what I do” at some point. As a leader you may have even found yourself tempted to usethat phrase from time to time. As we say in our last blog in this series, words are important. They become even more powerful…
Read Moreby Jeff Johnson The authors of “Crucial Conversations” conducted a social experiment with one of the author’s sons and some of his friends. The son paid his friends a dollar to participate in a taste test. The test was between two brownies. The first was made from his favorite grandmother’s home recipe; his recently deceased…
Read Moreby Terri Burnett, Executive Director of ProvenWay Ministries In an article written by Forbes magazine this year specifically to men on the benefits of female leadership, I found this Darwin-influenced paragraph very interesting: “What is the key to species survival? It is not a function of how strong the species is, or how smart, or…
Read Moreby Emily Yancey, Social Media Intern One of the challenges in corporate America is standing out amongst the crowd as different. Not just as a leader or a hard worker, but as an ambassador of the gospel. As a young professional myself, there are “3 T’s” that I keep in mind in my workplace as…
Read Moreby Dañia Heffington Have you ever stopped to think about all the good work that is being done in our city? Over the course of the last week, I have had the privilege of sitting in on some amazing conversations and have been reminded that this is a city full of people wanting to make…
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