Pathfinder Church Messages

Pathfinder Church | September 29, 2024 | Doug Mauss
As 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 to feel righteous. In fact, we’ll naturally seek out circumstances and people that outrage us, just for the pleasure of feeling contempt. But is that actually a healthy way to live?

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Pathfinder Church | September 22, 2024 | Dion Garrett
Planted 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 of death—something that we know is inevitable, but nevertheless feels unnatural. As technological advances have reignited the possibility that we might be able to cheat death, should we buy into the promises that with enough advancement, we’ll never have to say goodbye to our loved ones??

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Pathfinder Church | September 15, 2024 | AJ Mastic
What 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 connection? In a world where people are considered “friends” because we click a button and we “do church” online, how do we know if technology is serving our relationships well or working to their detriment? 

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Pathfinder Church | September 8, 2024 | Dion Garrett
The 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 there would be no overindulgence in anything and we would find abundance in all the rich states of our existence. With advancements in technology, however, we’ve thrown off nature’s rhythms, but in so doing, have we become masters over Creation, or have we been mastered by what we’ve created?

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Pathfinder Church | August 25, 2024 | Doug Mauss
We’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. Despite those promises, for the last 70 years, life has moved in the other direction. But now, with new advances in robotics and AI, it finally seems that there could be a world where the machines do all the work, and we simply enjoy life! But is work really what stands in the way of our enjoyment of life? And what do we stand to lose in such a world? 

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Pathfinder Church | August 18, 2024 | AJ Mastic
Over 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 place of honor we’re given in and over creation. But in a world where artificial intelligence is quickly encroaching on territory that once only belonged to us, how do we understand and maintain our uniqueness in creation?

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Pathfinder Church | August 11, 2024 | Dion Garrett
Why 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 all the things that feel challenging, tragic, and pointless. It’s about what God does in the journey, not the destination… and setbacks become the means by which we grow and discover the power of God’s providential hand with us.

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Pathfinder Church | August 4, 2024 | Doug Mauss
Most 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 own. And we all have access to a divine power, the Holy Spirit in us.

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Pathfinder Church | July 28, 2024 | Dion Garrett
There’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 will only deplete us? 

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Pathfinder Church | July 21, 2024 | AJ Mastic
When 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 keep life’s good things to ourselves; after all, no one likes a braggart. But what do we miss out on when we fail to tell others about the good things in our lives? 

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