Cynthia Weems

Complex moments don’t call for complex answers. They need stories.

Maybe we get so disgusted with our sports heroes because they are just like us -- unable to live up to expectations.

I was a part of a Catholic Mass, in a Catholic church, where I stood at the altar alongside a Catholic priest.

A recent fender-bender shows something of the nature of God, God’s people, and those called to lead them.

Our institutions have to be based on something stronger than how we feel at a given moment. But what would that be precisely?

We don't have problems welcoming people into church. We have problems ushering them deeper into discipleship.

Great buildings showing tremendous wealth need architectural plumb lines. God uses a different plumb line to show Amos that human beings need more.

A trip to the detention center, expected to be arduous, turned out to be pleasant. Are our churches this friendly and helpful?

How do we entice outsiders to want more of the grace offered in the church? How do we entice ourselves?

The tomb, meant to be the eternal home of a loser, was empty.

What is sacred to those who live or work or worship with you? How do you place that where it draws in everyone -- and tells the truth?