Bluestem Project

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Life is hard. Life with chronic, critical, and complex health concerns is even harder. We all know someone who is struggling with health issues or disability; it might even be you. In the pain and suffering, we wonder if it is even possible to move from surviving to thriving. We often wrestle with life's greatest questions in light of deep personal pain, deep suffering, and unknowns. We struggle to hope, struggle to persevere, struggle to trust that God knows what He's doing. But in the...

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The problem. The solution. The people.

Sep 1st, 2020 2:00 PM

In an instant our beliefs can be challenged. Medical challenges and disability can force us to to wonder "do I really believe this?" Extensive and deep roots in the one, true God enable us to endure, sustain, and even thrive amidst life's greatest hardships. Learn more about the heart behind the Bluestem Project and meet your hosts, husband and wife, Brandon and Amy Smith.

Meaning and Purpose in our Suffering - Part I

Sep 2nd, 2020 1:30 PM

"Why is this happening?" "Why me?" "Why now?"As people we are made with an intrinsic awareness that there's something bigger going on, something beyond ourselves and it often reveals itself when we are thrust into medical hardships. As we face challenges we long to use our pain in order to impact beyond ourselves. Join us as we discuss meaning and purpose in our suffering - the things we can control.

Meaning and Purpose in our Suffering - Part II

Sep 2nd, 2020 1:45 PM

God is at work in all things. We live under an illusion of control, when really we control so little. God's glory and goodness is what all things point to, whether we choose to acknowledge that truth or not. In all things, our circumstances are opportunities to demonstrate His worthiness to the world. We are wired for meaning and purpose, so what is the meaning and purpose behind medical hardship and disability? How can this be beautiful? How can this bring Him glory? How can this be for my good?

Experiencing Joy in Suffering

Sep 2nd, 2020 2:00 PM

Joy is knowing, trusting, and delighting in God. It is deep and can be sustained beyond circumstances, but how? Scripture is chalk full of passages on joy as a command and a work of His Spirit within his children. So how does this really work itself out when life feels impossible?

Eternal Perspective

Sep 9th, 2020 2:00 PM

What happens after death? How can we be certain? Why does out view of what happens after death matter? Christianity says we are eternal beings with the vast majority of our eternal life being spent beyond our time on earth as we know it. What we believe about this Jesus is crucial and makes all the difference for what we can anticipate for life after death.

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