Rev. Dr. Amy Davis Abdallah served as Professor of Practical Theology and Worship at Alliance University (formerly Nyack College) for more than two decades, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring many, and coordinating chapels. Amy is currently Professor of Worship for the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. She preaches and teaches for churches, conferences, and other ministries in the United States and internationally. One of her delights is leading yearly trips with students, and other passionate adults, in the Footsteps of Paul in Greece, a transformative experience that brings the Bible to life. Amy is a firm believer that rituals are transformative and powerful, and this led her to most recently write Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help Us Move Through Joy, Pain, and Everything in Between. Amy is also the founder and director of Woman: A Rite of Passage, an empowering mentoring program designed to facilitate the transforming journey of Christian womanhood by developing participants’ relationship with God, themselves, others, and creation. After helping university women discover identity, engage body and spirit, and empower voice for more than a decade. Woman is now a video curriculum available to churches and other organizations. Her various writings have been featured in Everbloom and The Wonder Years, and by Christianity Today, CBE International, Redbud Writers Guild, InterVarsity Fellowship, and Missio Alliance. Outside of teaching, writing, leading and preaching, you'll find Amy beside a campfire, growing something green, climbing a mountain, traveling around the world, or enjoying good food with friends. She loves all kinds of beauty, mentors many, adventures in cities and on trails, and is a wife and the mama of two boys.