Pathfinder Church Messages

Pathfinder Church | September 27, 2020 | Doug Mauss People have long wondered, is God a god who is out to bless or curse? On one hand, the prophets warn us that a holy God interacting with sinful people will always spell disaster. On the other hand, God continually describes himself as a God who is unequivocally out to bless. What are we to believe about God’s character and true intentions for peo...

Pathfinder Church | September 20, 2020 | Dion Garrett Every change gives you the opportunity to become new, explore new things, to change yourself in a positive way. While most people view change negatively, it can provide an opportunity to get out of a rut and discover richer things than you had before. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook |...

Pathfinder Church | September 13, 2020 | Doug Mauss Some things that we lose need to stay lost, we say goodbye to them as parts of our past, they don’t have a place in our future. But as you sift through the remains of what was, you also will discover things you will still need in your next chapter. But how do you know if you’re trying to hold on to something you need to let go of? Website | https...

Pathfinder Church | September 6, 2020 | Dion Garrett When you’re starting at square one, it can be overwhelming. But that’s mostly because we don’t know what square one actually is. As important as it is to rebuild your finances, career, purpose, or health, none of those things matter nor are they realistically attainable until you first rebuild your relationships. Website | https://pathfinderstl....

Pathfinder Church | August 30, 2020 | Dion Garrett Those who are able to rebound from loss and disruption learn to overcome the thinking that pervades our minds in the aftermath of such losses. Although these mindsets are common, they’re not helpful for our moving on. By reshaping your mindset, you can be assured that you will reemerge, better than ever. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online...

Pathfinder Church | August 23, 2020 | Dion Garrett The soul is designed to finish things and grief is God’s way of processing hard losses. But in a “get over it” culture, this spiritual path, blazed by Jesus himself, often goes untraveled. But you can’t be happy and whole again until you first let your heart be rent for whatever you’ve lost. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | http...

Pathfinder Church | August 16, 2020 | Doug Mauss Every time we work through conflict and arrive at a resolution, that moment can be either a nice, but passing kumbaya or it can be a force for lasting change. You can either wipe your brow with a sigh of relief or you can use the moment to roll up your sleeves and take the final difficult step that can help leave you better than where you started. W...

Pathfinder Church | August 2, 2020 | Doug Mauss In arguing we usually try to find something that will give us the upper hand, advantage, the high ground… but giving up ground may be the better way to come to a true and satisfying resolution. How can that be? is better so that everyone can find equal footing. Only when both parties feel safe can our sparring be productive. Website | https://pathfin...

Pathfinder Church | July 26, 2020 | Dion Garrett Many arguments begin because you and the other person seemingly want different things. But most arguments last because we’ve forgotten what it is we really want, or sometimes why we started fighting in the first place. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://facebook.com/pathfinderstl Ins...

Pathfinder Church | July 19, 2020 | Dion Garrett We spend time arguing over what we see as facts, but facts seldom cause arguments, our stories do. Until we learn to unravel the stories we tell ourselves about the other and us, we’ll never get out of a cycle of endless conflict. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://facebook.com/pathf...

Pathfinder Church | July 5, 2020 | Doug Mauss Although “chasing rainbows” has come to signify a fool’s errand, God invites us to take risks! We think we want a life that is stable and consistent, but it’s in risking that we find the best rewards and in moments of limitation that we discover new breakthroughs. Deliberately disrupting the stability of life seems foolish but perhaps it’s the key to t...

Pathfinder Church | August 9, 2020 | Doug Mauss We’ve all heard about the value of empathy but there’s a practical benefit to empathy that rarely gets talked about… it helps you get closer to what YOU want. Far from being manipulative though, tactical empathy helps everyone win. Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://facebook.com/pathf...

Pathfinder Church | June 28, 2020 | Dion Garrett You can’t avoid the dark places of life. Without clouds and rain, there’s drought (and never the promise of a rainbow in the sky). Growth and blessing happen through the very circumstances we often seek to avoid. So how do we learn to brave the storms when we see them coming? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl....

Pathfinder Church | June 21, 2020 | Dion Garrett Life isn’t good for everyone at every moment, which means that life must be celebrated whenever it’s good for you! But how do you let yourself be joyful when others around you are not? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://facebook.com/pathfinderstl Instagram |  https://instagram.com/pa...

Pathfinder Church | June 14, 2020 | Doug Mauss Rain is necessary for life. But humans, throughout time, devoted themselves to spending an awful lot of time chasing after the rain instead of seeking the Rainmaker. Could most of our discontentment exist because we confuse the gifts we have with the One who gave them? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give...

Pathfinder Church | June 7, 2020 | Dion Garrett We spend our lives pursuing things that we believe will make us happy, life beautiful, and our existence meaningful—in other words, things that are good. But once we attain them, too often we find that they don’t satisfy like we thought, sometimes they even bring pain. Perhaps we have a problem with knowing what is truly good? Website | https://pathf...

May 31, 2020 | Dion Garrett We’re living in an age where everything is politicized and faith is no exception. But how do I detangle (disentangle) what politics is telling me to believe from how my faith is telling me to vote? And if I let my faith inform my politics then is there one party or issue that demands my vote? If Jesus were here today, how would he vote? Watching live? Text in your quest...

May 24, 2020 | Doug Mauss Jesus describes some people as sheep and others as goats. From a distance, they look the same, but on closer inspection they’re not! On a planet where 2 billion people claim to be Christians, can we assume they’re all legitimate? What about the deep differences in belief between Christians? Or what about the conduct of people who claim to be Christians but don’t seem to b...

May 17, 2020 | Dion Garrett Our culture has been significantly redefining the institution of marriage over the last decade, which has all of us thinking about it more than ever. Who is marriage for? Is there a reason for marriage beyond tax breaks and inheritance rights? What does a ceremony actually mean anyway? What is God’s purpose for marriage in the first place? Website | https://pathfinderst...

May 10, 2020 | Doug Mauss History has remembered many good people who did great things for the world, who also had no connection to Jesus. In our lives, we know people who are much the same. Is there no chance for even the best people we know—people who are kind, loving, giving, and would lay down their life for a friend—to find eternal life if they don’t know Jesus? Website | https://pathfinderst...

May 3, 2020 | Dion Garrett There are few words as prevalent in the Christian vocabulary as “sin.” Sin, we’ve been told, is a very serious matter, grievous, offensive to God. We’ve also been told that people who don’t acknowledge their sin, can’t be forgiven. But what does “sin” really mean as God defines it? And what is a faithful response when I see sin in me or in the world around me? Watching l...

April 26, 2020 | Dion Garrett This world is a crazy, scary place as our present moment reinforces. Which may cause us to wonder if there’s a God in the first place? And if there is, where is he in this chaos? What’s he doing? Why did he allow this mess in the first place? If this is his world, can he be trusted? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Fac...

April 19, 2020 | Doug Mauss Given what we now know about how the world works through scientific discovery, how are we supposed to take the ancient words of scripture, written over thousands of years, by dozens of authors? What authority should I give these ancient words over my life and why? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://faceb...

April 12, 2020 | Dion Garrett Death is inevitable, we know. But how do you handle it when it’s staring you in the face? In a time where death seems nearer than ever, how do you go on with life? Website | https://pathfinderstl.org Online Giving | https://pathfinderstl.org/give Facebook | https://facebook.com/pathfinderstl Instagram |  https://instagram.com/pathfinderstl St. John School | http://stj...

April 5, 2020 | Dion Garrett Meals can be mindless drudgery. They are the bane of whoever does the household cooking, and barely tasted by those who consume them. But meals can still hold an important place for us when we want to celebrate a special occasion, deepen intimacy, or foster community. Jesus instituted a lasting meal for us to eat, “in remembrance” of him—but this meal goes a lot deeper...