by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | TOTAL HEALTH
The 12 steps of Overeaters Anonymous, as well as other 12 step programs, are adaptations of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The substance that the person is addicted to is food instead of alcohol. A lot of medical research has shown significant benefit in using...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
One of the people I studied this week was Matthew Ricci (1552 to 1610) was a Jesuit missionary who, with his Jesuit colleagues, played a crucial role in starting the evangelization of China.[1] Ricci was born in 1552 in the city of Macerata in Italy. His father was a...
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...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Source: Dugan, Maire. “A Nested Theory of Conflict.” A Leadership Journal: Women in Leadership – Sharing the Vision 1 (July 1996), 9-20. Issue-specific conflict: The source is one or more issues. “The disagreement may occur over information,...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Turabian and Chicago Format
The following information is from section 17.8.2 (titled The Bible and Other Sacred Works) in the 9th Edition of the Turabian Manual. Notice below that “N” stands for Notes, which include both footnotes and endnotes. That means this same format applies...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Recently, I asked a Christian that I know, “how should you love someone who has hurt you but doesn’t repent (either doesn’t want to, or you are not accessible to them)?” Without missing a beat, he responded, “forgive them.” I asked a follow-up question, “Why do you...
