Category: Rev. Addae Kraba

    It isn’t always easy to meet the expectations we hold ourselves to, and just because we are devoted to following a spiritual path, attaining inner peace, or living a specific ideology doesn’t mean we should expect to achieve perfection. Each life experience is individual and dissimilar to another. Behaviors are shaped by these…

March is Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the incredible and often overlooked contributions that women have made throughout history. The works of Unitarian Universalists have been bending the arc towards justice for many years, and many UU women have not only shaped and led the faith, but they’ve also left an undeniable…

Upon hearing bad news, or being unfairly criticized, or being told something we did not want to hear, we all have reacted in a way that was less than ideal. This makes sense because when our emotions are triggered, they tend to take center stage, inhibiting our ability to pause before we speak. We may…

We live in a very appearance-oriented, externally focused world; consequently, it makes sense that most of us place a lot of value on how our lives look, sometimes to the detriment of noticing how our lives really feel. It’s easy to get caught up in examining our actions instead of really deeply examining ourselves. This…

As we come to the close of another year, it’s only natural to look back over the past twelve months. The year has been filled with many joys, careers have opened, some travels to places both near and far, and some challenges with losses of loved ones, employment and health issues, and for many, disappointments…

Nature has a natural rhythm that provides cues for season’s changes. Such as when flowers bloom, and when it’s time for red and brown leaves to fall from trees. Or when the Monarch Butterflies make their annual return to Mexico for the winter. The rhythm also orchestrates when day turns to night, just as our…

I originally wrote this column in February 2017, and since that time we have lived through a pandemic, multiple school shootings and natural disasters. However, the one constant remains, there is always some level of confusion, and we cannot predict the future. With that being said I sincerely hope that you will take some comfort…

The following is an excerpt from the 4th International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women and People of Progressive Faiths. September 5-8, 2024. Cluj-Napoca / Kolozsvar “May we widen the boundaries until there are none…If we are serious about ending war we have to BE peace.The way of peace calls to abolish the “us vs them”…

Our thoughts are powerful forces in creating our experience of life. By choosing how to interpret and define each moment with our thoughts, we truly create our reality. But our only true reality is the present moment, so rather than merely accepting that life is happening to us, we can harness the power of our…