OSRL Chaplaincy Interns

OSRL Chaplaincy Interns and Residents 2024-2025

Jaeun Koo

Contextual Education Student

I am Jaeun Koo, T25, a Master of Divinity candidate at the Candler School of Theology. Having been born and raised in South Korea, I am experiencing my first American school life as a Candler student; I am also the first member of my family to come to America!

In this new world, I am enjoying a life full of adventures; this allows me to reflect on my life journey, and my life journey assists me in digesting my new experiences. Most importantly, I am experiencing God’s love through the hospitality many people have extended to me here. With the delight, happiness, and hospitality I have enjoyed, I hope to share God’s love with you.

My faith has grown thanks to uncertainties and questions. As I faced many hardships, I asked myself how I should live, where Christian communities I should go, and what the world should be like. At times, I lost my way and became depressed that there was no definitive answer; however, I found God’s everlasting guidance through university members who kept pondering with me. It is my hope that I will be helpful to all of you in asking and engaging in any questions you may have about yourself, Christianity, and the world. We will experience how this world deserves to be lived in delight under God's guidance and in the Christian community in an interfaith context.

I feel greatly blessed to serve as a chaplain resident in the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life for the academic year 2024-2025. I look forward to seeing the diverse images of God on each of your faces.