by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
Augustine’s mother’s prayers for his salvation. Book 3, chapter 11 and 12 in The Confessions of St. Augustine of Hippo record his narration of how his mother, Monica, spent years crying praying to God in tears for his salvation. She continued to pray for his soul when...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
The following article is adapted from a research paper I wrote as part of a doctorate program in Spiritual Formation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Preaching and Spiritual Formation In both the Old and New Testaments, preaching occupies a central place...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, Leadership, PEACEMAKING HABITS
“For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
The following article has been adapted from an Open Textbook. One important part of the investigation and planning phase is to determine your BATNA, which is an acronym that stands for the “best alternative to a negotiated agreement.” Roger Fisher and William Ury...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Conflict has both proximate and ultimate causes. A proximate cause is an event that is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause (or distal cause) which is usually thought of as...