The premise of the comic is simple. During my doctoral program attending church in Berkeley, CA and living in Oakland, I became interested in the idea that, at least to me, it seemed like there was an emphasis on inviting people to church on a given Sunday (rightfully so) but not so much on what it may have taken a person get to church on that Sunday. So Pathways explores just that. Set in Oakland, CA, and within the Lightweightz universe, it shows the different journeys, or pathways, four individuals take to get to the same church on a given Sunday.