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Pathfinder Church | December 21, 2025 | Doug Mauss
We naturally define ourselves by our strengths, abilities, and accomplishments. The assumption is that more successes would equate to more joy. And yet that’s rarely the case. Why is there such a disconnect?

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Pathfinder Church | December 14, 2025 | AJ Mastic
Christmas is a time when we anticipate receiving joyful things: gifts, time with loved ones, special outings and celebrations. The focus is naturally on our own needs and hopes for the season, and on the events that will bring us joy. But what if joy doesn’t come from prioritizing the things we love to receive?

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Pathfinder Church | December 7, 2025 | Dion Garrett
Our society has had a historically unique stretch of prosperity. The last seventy years have been marked by an almost uninterrupted growth in wealth, technology, and the creature comforts of life. But is this exceptional stretch of comfort the source of joy, or has it actually clouded our ability to experience pure joy?

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Pathfinder Church | November 30, 2025 | Doug Mauss
If Joy is a feeling, dependent on our circumstances, how could anyone be asked to “choose joy”? What is there about joy that the marketing and sappy sentiments get wrong?

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Pathfinder Church | November 23, 2025 | Dion Garrett
So often we’re afraid that we don’t have enough resources to secure a safe, happy life. We’re always looking to stash away a little bit more for a rainy day, gain more insight, and improve our safety net. But when will it ever be enough to bring us peace?

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Pathfinder Church | November 16, 2025 | AJ Mastic
In life we know that the people who make something of themselves tend to move fast and have many irons in the fire. To have a significant life it seems like busyness is a must; a sign that we’re on the right track. We know that laziness is a certain path to insignificance, but what if the same risk can be found in constant busyness?

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Pathfinder Church | November 9, 2025 | Dion Garrett
One of the benefits of staying really busy is that when we have lots of things that require our focus, it can help us put unresolved stuff out of mind. When we have emotional baggage we haven’t dealt with, it can seem like a win to move our attention past it, but in doing so, what if it’s not defeated, but lying dormant?

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Pathfinder Church | November 2, 2025 | Doug Mauss
When life gets overwhelming and out of hand, one primal reaction deep in our “lizard brain” is to take action; ANY action! Life's problems usually don't get solved by ignoring them; we have to act and take control – but what if the default instinct to “plow ahead” and take control of “all the things” actually perpetuates our deep fears of losing control?

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Pathfinder Church | October 26, 2025 | AJ Mastic
If you add up all the things we “should” do to fulfill all of our vocations, responsibilities, and goals, the list gets VERY long. If we stay organized and work hard on our tasks, there are times when we can feel like we're on top of everything, but that feeling is rare and fleeting; something in life always goes out of balance. When we know that at any given point there’s a...

Pathfinder Church | October 19, 2025 | Dion Garrett
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Pathfinder Church | October 12, 2025 | Doug Mauss
Some of us are motivated by a desire to keep others happy. When we see a need, or we’re asked to help, we jump in! We would never want to disappoint our parents, or spouse, or kids; and we know that it’s godly to make sacrifices for others - but have you ever felt like your efforts aren’t making much of a difference, other than leaving you feeling drained?

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Pathfinder Church | October 5, 2025 | Dion Garrett
When there’s a fun experience or gathering of friends, part of the reason we say ‘yes’ so often is because we don’t want to be left out! We don’t want to let life pass us by or for the group to evolve without us. Sure, this can make life crazy busy, but aren't we better off making memories and building relationships than twiddling our thumbs?

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Pathfinder Church | September 28, 2025 | Doug Mauss
Many parents, especially as their families grow older, dream of creating what past generations had, a place where our family can come together and be together—at least for a little while. Although family reunions and multi-generational family vacations can be filled with pressure and conflict, how might this desire be an echo of our greater destiny?

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Pathfinder Church | September 21, 2025 | AJ Mastic
It’s hard to watch your kids grow up. It’s even harder to know how to stay in their lives yet allow your role to change. Over the course of a child’s life, good parents will function as caregivers, cops, coaches, and consultants. But what about God? Does this relationship with our ultimate parent change in similar ways? What would that even look like?

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Pathfinder Church | September 14, 2025 | Dion Garrett
Some people have parents who they can easily call upon whenever they’re in trouble, while others would call every number in their phone before their parents’. Which kind of parent is God like? The kind who wants to be bothered, no matter what, even if you haven’t talked for a while? Or the kind who wants you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps?

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Pathfinder Church | September 7, 2025 | Doug Mauss

Play is an important feature of learning, in part because low-stakes failures are necessary for us to actually grow! But what about when we’re talking about failures that feel high-stakes? How does a loving parent respond then? More, how does a perfect God deal with such imperfect children?

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Pathfinder Church | August 24, 2025 | Dion Garrett
Parenting can be hard. Not only do you need to hold on to a vision of the kinds of people you want your kids to be, but you have to help them get there! What makes this harder is that at some point, all kids will realize they’ve got autonomy and can do what they want. How do you help your vision for your kids become a reality? How does God manage sometimes out-of-control childr...

There are lots of reasons people choose to have children, and many of them are bad reasons. The reason someone brings a child into the world sets the stage for the rest of the relationship, which is one of the reasons why there are so many strained parent-child relationships! So, what does our Heavenly Father show us about the best reason to bring kids into the world? 

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Pathfinder Church | August 10, 2025 | AJ Mastic
In the USA, Christians often shy away from standing out. How could it be helpful to be seen as extreme or puritanical? Not to mention, those don’t sound like much fun! And yet, is there more to be gained by being “strange” than we think? 

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