Pathfinder Church | November 3, 2024 | AJ MasticWe’re constantly striving for good outcomes. We learn that we’re rewarded for success, and punished for failure. But if favorable outcomes are conditional on our worth and effort, the conseque...

Pathfinder Church | October 27, 2022 | Dion GarrettThere's no doubt that God is at work at Pathfinder. We've prayed for it, and he has been faithful. The Inspired Service is a special weekend we hold every year to share stories of life chan...

Pathfinder Church | October 20 | Doug MaussWhen it comes to what’s right, we often think that the end justifies the means. After all, as long as the “right side” wins, or we prevail in the argument, it shouldn’t matter how we got there. Sin...

Pathfinder Church | October 13, 2024 | Dion GarrettIt often seems like there is a sharp dividing line between the righteous and the unrighteous. People on the other side of an issue from us can seem shockingly immoral. How can we engage in ...

Pathfinder Church | October 6, 2024 | AJ MasticWe all naturally have a bonding identity, meaning we group with people most similar to us. However, by retreating into this form of identity, we tend to increase our resentment and hostility, a...

Pathfinder Church | September 29, 2024 | Doug MaussAs the movie Inside Out shows us, Disgust and Anger are both primal feelings. But when they are joined together, it creates contempt. Contempt feels really good—it reinforces our basic need...

Pathfinder Church | September 22, 2024 | Dion GarrettPlanted deep within all humans is a desire to live forever because that’s what we were created to do! But ever since we were thrown out of the Garden, we’ve had to face the unkind reality...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...