When I think of women I look up to on campus, Dr. Melissa Schuberts name is high on the list. She is fiercely intelligentpossessing the ability to talk about grief in a way that acknowledges its 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.
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, youll want to all the way to the end.