Category: Rev. Addae Kraba

Though it is human to evaluate people we encounter based on first impressions, our judgments are frequently incomplete, because the conclusions we come to are affected by our own preconceptions.  For example, poverty can be seen as a signifier of uneducated or laziness and wealth can seem like proof that an individual is ruthless or…

There may be times when we find ourselves struggling or even fighting with our emotions and thoughts, feeling that something should be done in a particular way or perhaps not at all. But it’s the way we are looking at the experience that is causing the turmoil within us, because life is not this way.…

Giving and receiving are part of the same cycle, and we each give and receive in our own ways. But when we try to be too controlling on either side of the cycle, we can lose our balance. If what we gave was easy for us to give, we may feel that we don’t deserve…

The spiritual practice of welcome should be integral to any faith community. It certainly is a very important one to our Unitarian Universalist faith. In the 1980s and 90s, the word “welcoming” became a code word for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, so the Unitarian Universalist Association launched a Welcoming Congregation Program to help us…