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Pathfinder Church | April 25, 2021 | Dion Garrett
By keeping our distance, we not only keep ourselves physically safe, but we can block whoever hurts us, find an audience who will be sympathetic to all our views, and never be challenged. Meanwhile, we all know that living in proximity with others, in flesh and blood relationships, causes conflict that can be exhausting and heartbreaking. But before we sign up for the distanced life, we should know without conflict there is no growth.

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Pathfinder Church | April 18, 2021 | Doug Mauss
Our digital world makes us feel like we’re more connected than ever before, but it also means we somehow feel less seen, known, and loved as we really are. Our mediated and manicured avatars may look great and provide us with plenty of attention, on top of 24/7 connection, but they work against what we need most: being truly seen and known.

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Pathfinder Church | April 11, 2021 | Dion Garrett
Right now, we have to sit distanced because we know that if we don’t, people will get sick and die. But distancing ourselves is not new, we have increasingly chosen to distance ourselves from others for all kinds of reasons… all of them about self-protection (of health, life, reputation, and complications). But the Spirit that is released after Jesus’s resurrection shows us that self-protecting is actually a detriment to truly living.

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Pathfinder Church | The Cost of 6ft | April 4, 2021 | Dion Garrett
Jesus, the Son of God, chose not to stay distant from us, at Christmas he came near. But his life, and especially his rejection, betrayal, and death show us why flesh and blood living is so risky. Lately in our world, we see it too. The risks of embodied living seem endless. Yet, after the resurrection Jesus shows us that in spite of the risks, living proximate, fully embodied, is not only a great way to live, it’s our destiny. 

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Pathfinder Church | March 28, 2021 | Doug Mauss
The Grace of Mystery
Extracting the richness from life feels like endless work. To be sure, much of life’s best things are the fruit of a lot of diligent labor. But before any of us were, God created a complex, magnificent, mysterious universe for us to experience—with little effort—as a gift. While so much of my life’s joy is caught up in my achieving, in the created world, God has given me the joy of simply existing.

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Pathfinder Church | March 24, 2021 | Melissa Harting & Doug Mauss
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. - Luke 23:50-55

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Pathfinder Church | March 21, 2021 | Dion Garrett
The Grace of Belonging
When it comes to belonging, history has shown that we make two critical mistakes: (1) Expel anyone who violates our beliefs and rules (2) Affirm all beliefs and rules as equally valid so that everyone can belong. 
Both make belonging dependent on the community’s rules. But God doesn’t make following the rules a basis for our belonging. It’s founded in something else.

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Pathfinder Church | March 17, 2021 | David Jameson & Doug Mauss
Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.  Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life." - Matthew 27:38-52

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Pathfinder Church | March 14, 2021 | Dion Garrett
The Grace of Provision
One of our sinful survival mechanisms tells us that survival is on us. We must take care of ourselves and if we are to expect anything from anyone else, it’s always transactional—quid pro quo. But there is a grace from God that also lives especially but not exclusively among His people. It says, “let me give to you what you need, even though you’ve done nothing to earn it.”

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Pathfinder Church | March 10, 2021 | Jon Shepherd & Dion Garrett
Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment." So this is what the soldiers did. - John 19:22-24

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