Better known as “Pastor Kris”, Kris Cervantes has served as UUWaco’s minister since September 2014. She is a lifelong UU and native Texan. She also serves the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waco, Texas. She received her MDiv (with honors) and a certificate in Sexual and Gender Justice Studies from Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth. She serves on the board of the Greater Waco Interfaith Conference and the Clergy Advisory Board for Planned Parenthood of Central Texas. Kris lives in a little brick house with her husband Robert, son Gabriel (17), and a variety of four-legged family members, as well as lots of books (and dog hair)! Her older son Jack (19) studies print-making and fine arts at UNT. In her spare time, Kris reads (everything), paints, sings, talks to her garden, and drinks far too much coffee with friends.
Start with the understanding that hope is absurd. Need help with that? Look around! Okay, now that you agree: We start with the understanding that hope is absurd. Then it’s time for the next step: practicing hope until we get it right.
Psychologist and author David Kessler studied with Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, original proposer of the five-stage grief process (commonly understood as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance). Kessler proposes a sixth stage of our grief process, finding meaning. Join Pastor Kris Cervantes for an Easter conversation with Kessler and with the Passion story to reconcile head, heart, … Continue reading Conversations with Strangers: the Sixth Stage of Grief—Meaning-making
On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode an ass into Jerusalem. It was an act of showmanship, chutzpah, and protest. Join Pastor Kris in conversation with Jesus and a Washington DC bicyclist, who led a parade of angry, blaring truckers on a 4-mph crawl through his neighborhood—also in protest.
Two unexpected airplane conversations lead to reflections on mothering through trauma; considering the ancient mother Mary leads to reflections on surviving traumatic mothering.
We live in the midst of a cultural debate on the topics of cancellation and silencing. Women’s History Month gives us a lens through which we can reflect on who speaks, who is silent, and who is silenced when it comes to the legal and social conversations that will determine the future of women’s rights … Continue reading Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister: Where Were the Women?
The ability of every human to determine their own bodily destiny is necessary for the health and vitality of the individual, not to mention fundamental to any understanding of human freedom and equality among the sexes. Join Pastor Kris Cervantes for an exploration of the history and future of reproductive freedom, and how the struggle … Continue reading On Abortion: Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud
