Pathfinder Church Messages

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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Pathfinder Church | August 3, 2025 | Dion Garrett
When we invest in something, we expect it to pay dividends, and for many of us, that’s true of how we see church. While it seems rational to move away from a church that’s no longer meeting your needs, could that be detrimental to one of the things we need most? 

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Pathfinder Church | July 27, 2025 | Doug Mauss
The Bible contains some wild stories that our scientific minds don’t exactly know what to do with. Stories of miracles, angels, and evil spirits fill the Bible, and even Jesus validates their existence, so how did we come to a faith where those things are rarely mentioned in polite company?

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Pathfinder Church | July 20, 2025 | Dion Garrett
As Christians, it’s not unreasonable to want to be safe, and enjoy some level of comfort and status, but why is it that when we have those things, we often end up unhappy and bored?  Could it be that the things we try to avoid are the very things we need? 

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Pathfinder Church | July 13, 2025 | AJ Mastic
In the USA, the word “church’ usually means a place where we can attend worship; that we might be a member of. If the church is supposed to be a place for deeper human connection, why do those of us who attend still feel disconnected and alone? 

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Pathfinder Church | July 6, 2025 | Dion Garrett
Who do we turn to as our source for expertise in life? Everybody’s an expert now. One of the most popular influencers in the world interviews a new expert every week, and they all disagree with each other! Nobody in our society can agree on the “highest good” anymore, so who are we supposed to trust?

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Pathfinder Church | June 29, 2025 | Doug Mauss
Why does the Bible include so many tedious and seemingly random details in its stories? At best, those details distract from the main spiritual message of the Bible. At worst, they become evidence that atheists use to pick apart the Bible’s veracity. Why should we care about
who Jesus’ grandfather was? Is the Bible a history book, or a book about salvation? What spiritual benef...