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.
It was a great service of being together in a physical space and appreciating our redecorated surroundings up close. We did not film our service for presentation so there is no YouTube link for this week. Look for future services to be up on YouTube in the coming weeks. Of course, you can still click … Continue reading Coming Home (A Celebration of Presence After Absence)
Nancy Griffith wrote the lyric, “If we poison our children with hatred, then a hard life is all that they’ll know.” Her words haunt me as I see yard signs that say “Let’s Go Brandon” and wonder how I’d explain this to my kids if they were younger. I believe our UU heritage and tradition … Continue reading A Hard Life: Rescuing Our Children (and Ourselves) from Hate
Spoiler alert: yes. Click on this link to view a video of our service on YouTube: Video Link Click on this link to view our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/CommunityUUChurchofPlano
At what point does the reality of daily brutalities in our homes, neighborhoods, cities, and nation finally overcome the pattern of learned helplessness and disbelief which protect the white, the privileged, the “protected”? Just how far will violence have to intrude into our lives for us to commit to changing the culture—and to what ethic will we … Continue reading This Is Not Who We Are: Modern Mythology
Amen is a word of ending: the end of the prayer, the end of the service, the end of the sermon, reflection, redemption. Amen means “So be it.” Amen means “faithfulness.” Amen means “truth,” and “believing.” Amen means “Verily, verily.” Amen is an acronym, and it means ‘El melech ne’eman, “God, trustworthy leader.” What do … Continue reading Amen & Grit & Amen
The Hebrew word selah appears 74 times in the Hebrew scriptures, almost all in Psalms, and not at all in the New Testament. Is it an interjection, an instruction, a pause for reflection? Does it mean, “slow down the music here” or “time to shout praise here”? Join Pastor Kris Cervantes for a look at … Continue reading Selah and Grit
