by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
We live in an age where efforts at Spiritual Formation are often individual-centered. Paul’s letters, as well as Dr. Thomson’s book and video remarks, paint a picture of Paul that is one of a church planter and leader who is focused on a corporate body that is...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL FORMATION, SPIRITUAL HABITS
The following model was created as an assignment for the Facilitation of Spiritual Formation Course in the doctorate in Spiritual Formation Program at Liberty University Seminary. The student scored 200/200 on the paper. The full title was “Emerging Model of...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL FORMATION, SPIRITUAL HABITS, STRATEGY
What are the ingredients that facilitate and promote Christian spiritual formation (CSF) or growth into the character of Christ? Spiritual formation is the communal process during which the Holy Spirit forms the human spirit (character/will) so that it looks and acts...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | SPIRITUAL HABITS
The real title for this article was too long to put in the title space. Here it is: How to handle far away relationships in an ultra-connected world in a way that doesn’t drive you crazy and burned out, but allows you to flourish in your place of calling and bloom...
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...
