by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Another way to analyze the issues of a conflict is to understand the stage the conflict is at and the stages it has gone through. Every story you have ever heard has a plot and conflict that drives the story forward. The plot shows the story going through a series of...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Conflict is everywhere Conflict is everywhere. Literally. You are either in a conflict now, coming out of a conflict, or ready to enter into one. Humans are relational beings. We live through relationships. All our relationships succumb to conflict, even the...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Chris Voss, former FBI hostage negotiator, in his book, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, talks about the following negotiation techniques developed at the FBI. However, the following comes from this Stanford...
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...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
The following image is from WorldVision.org. It is a reproduction of Figure 4-16: A relational Understanding of Poverty in Bryant Meyer’s Book, Walking with the Poor. Myers, Bryant L. Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | PEACEMAKING HABITS
Janet used to work with John, one of her supervisors. Janet felt that John didn’t respect her boundaries at all. For example, she would tell John that she plans to leave the office at 5:00 PM because she has an appointment after work. At five minutes to 5:00 PM, John...
