When I think of women I look up to on campus, Dr. Melissa Schubert’s name is high on the list. She is fiercely intelligent—possessing the ability to talk about grief in a way that acknowledges it’s complexity, while still holding firm to the hope we have in Christ.

“Maybe some of you have had griefs, and received too small a consolation in the face of them. Maybe some of you have sat by others in grief, or suffering, and thought, ‘I have too small a consolation.’ Or, thought that you had a big enough consolation, or experienced your friend or neighbor as inconsolable.”

“Maybe some of you have had griefs, and received too small a consolation in the face of them."


Listening to her acknowledge that sometimes, the comfort we find in the face of trials just doesn't feel like enough, felt like exhaling a breath I'd been holding for too long.

Trust me, you’ll want to listen to this one all the way to the end.