{"id":17148,"date":"2021-06-23T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=17148"},"modified":"2021-07-13T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:04:09","slug":"transylvanias-director-of-spirituality-and-religious-life-follows-calling-in-return-to-student-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2021\/06\/transylvanias-director-of-spirituality-and-religious-life-follows-calling-in-return-to-student-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania\u2019s director of spirituality and religious life follows calling in return to student ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-810x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_EmilyMiller.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting at a table in the Great Hall dining room, the Rev. Emily Miller couldn\u2019t contain a huge smile when asked about what it means to return to Transylvania next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled,\u201d she said, surrounded by summer high school athletic campers. \u201cI\u2019m excited for a lot of reasons. I definitely feel called to this work. I feel it\u2019s what God wants me to be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller returns to Transylvania after a year of serving as pastor at Hunter Presbyterian Church in Lexington. She says she\u2019s looking forward to restarting several of the initiatives she had in place, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/01\/wake-up-wednesdays-give-transylvania-community-spiritual-start-to-morning\/\">such as Wake Up Wednesdays<\/a>, before the COVID pandemic sent students, faculty and most staff home in March 2020. (Miller says she is looking for a musician for the weekly gathering \u2014 so students, faculty or staff who would like to participate should reach out.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really love the interfaith aspect of being on a college campus, the multi-faith aspect,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThere are so many firsts that you get to be a part of on a college campus, whether you\u2019re a student or a staff person, and that\u2019s really exciting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the programs Miller is also planning to continue is what she called Spiritual Seekers, which gives students the opportunity to learn more about faith traditions by visiting congregations within the community. She\u2019s also looking to work with Transylvania\u2019s student wellness program to create opportunities for students to talk about their experiences over the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of us have lost something during the pandemic, whether it\u2019s people or the loss of your senior year,\u201d Miller explained. \u201cI really like talking about hard things. I didn\u2019t grow up with a family that did that, and now, as a minister, I do that all the time. We can do hard things, and we can talk about hard things, and we have to establish as much safety as we can. So I\u2019d really like to do something about grief from COVID and how we can move ourselves forward.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller\u2019s enthusiasm is palpable. Though she doesn\u2019t start back on campus until July 6, she is already unpacking her office space in the new William T. Young Campus Center. She\u2019s also\u00a0talking with pastors from the local Disciples of Christ congregations and chaplains at other universities affiliated with the denomination and says she\u2019s looking forward to reengaging with the DOC community and current and prospective students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a world, where I get to come back to something that I laid a lot of groundwork for and to continue to do that. It\u2019s very exciting,\u201d Miller added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. 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