077 “It’s Better to Be Loving Than Right” | Jenny Richards on Grief, God, and the Meaning of Life

Jenny Richards is a Juilliard-trained pianist, mother of four, and hospital chaplain whose life took an unexpected turn toward spiritual care after profound personal loss. In this conversation, Jenny reflects on what life taught her the hard way after losing her youngest sister to suicide, working with oncology patients, and learning that some of life’s deepest questions never fully resolve. Together, Rivers and Jenny explore: why this life is so hard sometimes what is the meaning to life when suffering interrupts everything how to find purpose in your life without having all the answers where can I find God in grief and uncertainty what it means to stay present with pain instead of trying to fix it faith, ambiguity, and learning to trust God without certainty why “it’s better to be loving than to be right” the sacred pause and what silence can teach us how suffering changes the way we see beauty, joy, and being alive Jenny also shares her experience working with cancer patients, the lessons chaplaincy has taught her about human connection, and the quiet realization that perhaps meaning is not something we fully solve, but something we live inside together. If you’ve ever wrestled with existential questions, grief, faith, purpose, or feeling overwhelmed by life, this conversation will likely stay with you. Subscribe to The Grandpa Channel for more conversations about what life teaches us the hard way.