Pathfinder Church Messages
Pathfinder Church Messages
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709 episodes
ReGenesis | Connecting in a Digital Age | 4
Pathfinder Church | September 15, 2024 | AJ MasticWhat does it truly mean to connect with another person? Can it happen on a FaceTime screen or by following each other’s newsfeeds? Is a 90 day snapchat streak a surefire sign of a real conne...
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ReGenesis | Restoring Our Rhythms | 3
Pathfinder Church | September 8, 2024 | Dion GarrettThe natural world used to give us cues of when it was time to work or rest, sow or reap, sleep or wake, wear shorts or sweaters the rhythms of creation demanded and almost guaranteed that ...
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ReGenesis | The Value of Work | 2
Pathfinder Church | August 25, 2024 | Doug MaussWe’ve been long promised that technology will make our lives easier, reduce the number of hours we work, remove unpleasant labor from the equation, and deliver us into lives of greater leisure...
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ReGenesis | Finding Our Place Again | 1
Pathfinder Church | August 18, 2024 | AJ MasticOver time, people have defined what it means to be human in different ways (rationality, creativity, ethics and morals). For Christians, we have looked to the Book of Genesis to understand the ...
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Reel Gospel 2 | The Wizard of Oz: The Journey of Grace | 2
Pathfinder Church | August 11, 2024 | Dion GarrettWhy doesn’t God take us to heaven right away? What’s the point of our sojourn on earth? On the journey we discover more about God’s grace and power, his transformative hand through ...
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Reel Gospel 2 | Ratatouille: the Guidance of Grace | 1
Pathfinder Church | August 4, 2024 | Doug MaussMost stories are about a protagonist overcoming obstacles due to his own strength, perseverance, and wisdom. But the Christian story relies on God’s supernatural wisdom and guidance, not our ow...
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When Life Gives You Lemonade | Forward | 5
Pathfinder Church | July 28, 2024 | Dion GarrettThere’s one final step to living with a deep sense of gratitude that too few of us experience: paying forward our blessings to others. How can giving to others enrich us, when the math says it...
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When Life Gives You Lemonade | Testify | 4
Pathfinder Church | July 21, 2024 | AJ MasticWhen you experience something really good, it’s natural to want to talk about it. Except sometimes, whether because of modesty or self-protection, we do the opposite. In life, we’re encouraged to...
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When Life Gives You Lemonade | Thank | 3
Pathfinder Church | July 14, 2924 | Doug MaussWhile we may say “thank you” to the person at the counter who serves us, things like thank you notes are a challenge. When seen through the lens of etiquette, formal “thank yous” seem burdensome...
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When Life Gives You Lemonade | Savor | 2
Pathfinder Church | July, 7, 2024 | AJ MasticWhen someone pays you a compliment, what do you do? Do you quickly brush it off or do you take it in and savor it? What about when someone does something generous for you in a time of need? Why i...
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When Life Gives You Lemonade | Notice | 1
Pathfinder Church | June 39, 2024 | Dion GarrettWe notice lots of things in our daily lives, but usually we’re quicker to notice life’s lemons—life’s sour moments. Then, once we start seeing lemons, that’s all we can see! Just look at how q...
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Down to the Studs | Why does God allow suffering? | 7
Pathfinder Church | June 23, 2024 | Doug MaussOur world can be a really ugly and difficult place. The Gospel gives us hope of a better life, where God prospers us, like He did with many in the Bible – but that leaves us confused when life g...
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Down to the Studs | Should church and state be separate? | 6
Pathfinder Church | June 16, 2024 | Dion GarrettSome leaders bridge the gap between church and state; pastors that preach politics, and politicians that make faith their platform. Their uncommon approach may win our attendance or vote, but ...
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Down to the Studs | Do the rules still matter? | 5
Pathfinder Church | June 9, 2024 | Doug MaussThe Bible, particularly in the Old Testament, contains hundreds of laws; shalls and shall nots. Are they just a part of history, or should we still be trying to keep them? What function do they s...
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Down to the Studs | Is there more than believing you’ll go to Heaven someday? | 4
Pathfinder Church | June 2, 2024 | AJ MasticFor ages, Christians have gotten the impression that our faith is about believing we’ll get to go to heaven someday. But, how could that have produced the global Christian movement that we have to...
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Down to the Studs | How good is good enough for God? | 3
Pathfinder Church | May 26, 2024 | Doug MaussChristians know that we will have to answer to God for our deeds, so we hold ourselves and others to the standards laid out in the Bible. But it seems like the bar is impossibly high. Do you ever...
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Down to the Studs | How can we make sense of the Bible? | 1
Pathfinder Church | May 19, 2024 | Dion GarrettPeople read the Bible in all sorts of different ways, so how are we supposed to make sense of it? We do our best to let it guide the lives that we construct, but what if we’re emphasizing the w...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Fairness? | 7
Pathfinder Church | May 12, 2024 | Doug MaussOur earliest complaint as children, and our enduring value as adults, is that life should be fair. Everyone should get what they deserve. But is perfect fairness the highest good, is there someth...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Comfort? | 6
Pathfinder Church | May 5, 2024 | AJ MasticIt’s really nice to have comfortable things! A nice house, a quality car, constant access to the internet and our phones. The messaging of our culture says that comfort should be our ultimate goal—...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Busy? | 5
Pathfinder Church | April 28, 2024 | Doug Mauss“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Our culture honors a good work ethic. It’s right to be diligent and work hard at what we do. And yet, this busy-ness becom...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Security? | 4
Pathfinder Church | April 21, 2024 | Dion GarrettThere are certain assets in life that obviously help smooth out our paths: money, power, resources, and talent. These are the powerful levers that help us feel secure in life. But the quest f...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Independence? | 3
Pathfinder Church | April 14, 2024 | AJ MasticIt’s so good to be free. To be in control of your own life. To not have to do what anyone else tells you to do. And we often try to build a life that only depends on our own ability to be succes...
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Living the Dream | What’s Better than Being Invulnerable? | 2
Pathfinder Church | April 7, 2024 | Doug MaussBeing “unique” is a tricky dance. On the one hand, many of us would love to have extraordinary lives. On the other hand, very few of us want to be considered weird. How do we find a balance betw...
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Easter 2024 at Pathfinder Church
Pathfinder Church | March 31, 2024 | Dion GarrettWhat’s Better than Getting our Dreams?All of us have dreams for our lives, whether they be big or small. But dreams are tricky things. On the one hand, missing out on the life we’ve alway...
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Knock-Off Spirituality | Before There Was “Sending Good Vibes Your Way…” | 4
Pathfinder Church | March 24, 2024 | AJ MasticWhen someone is suffering, it feels right to try to join them in their suffering, to somehow stand with them. But lately the offering of “thoughts and prayers” to someone in a hardship has...
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