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Face2Face | Let’s Get Dirty: The Lowdown on Earth’s Fabric in your own Yard (video)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 @ 8:49 AM
View DetailsIn Memoriam: Dr. John Derksen
Thursday, February 1, 2024 @ 3:02 PM
It is with deep sadness that we share of the recent and sudden passing of Dr. John Derksen. John served CMU through Menno Simons College as a beloved professor of Conflict Resolution Studies from 2000 to 2021 and for 20 years before that in areas of Ethics, History, and Biblical Studies.
A memorial service for John will be held on February 11 at 2:00 PM at River East Church, 755 McLeod Ave., Winnipeg, MB.
Continue ReadingWays of Knowing 1 - CMU Community Lecture Series | Dr. Sunder John Boopalan (video)
Thursday, September 28, 2023 @ 8:00 PM
View DetailsRetreat hosts students exploring a future in ministry
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 @ 9:00 AM
In the midst of CMU's winter semester, 15 students and several faculty and staff members gathered at Camp Assiniboia near Headingley, MB for the ministry inquiry retreat. Amidst times of worship, prayer, and individual silent reflection, students had the chance to hear from each other and from experienced pastors and leaders in ministry. They ate together, spent time outside at the camp, and closed the weekend by sharing communion.
Continue ReadingFaculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Sunder John Boopalan
Thursday, November 17, 2022 @ 4:33 PM
Dr. Sunder John Boopalan, Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, has taught at CMU since 2020.
Where or how do students give you hope?
I got into this business precisely because of that. Every day, students give me hope. Sometimes stuff happens in the classroom—I call it a change in plot. You walk in and you think, I know how the story is going to play out...and what I think we sometimes take for granted is that actually a person's place in the story can change the plot of the story. I think that's the place where students give me the most hope, because each of those persons sitting there with me in the classroom can change the outcome of the conversation. That open-ended plot of any interpersonal encounter gives me the greatest hope, and students do that all the time.
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: November 2022
Sunday, November 6, 2022 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Taste and See that the Lord is Good
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Sunder John Boopalan, assistant professor of biblical and theological studies at CMU. Throughout this rebroadcast of his meditation series, John explores the Psalmist's words, "O taste and see that the Lord is good," which guided the CMU community's work and worship last year.
Listen NowSunday@CMU: May 2022
Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: "Who do I say that I am?" Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John
As we enter the spring/summer semester, we are looking back on this year of Sunday@CMU. This month, we are rebroadcasting a series of meditations by Marnie Klassen, a CMU alumna who graduated with an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Theology. Throughout this series, Marnie explores what we can learn about Jesus from his many I AM statements in the Gospel of John.
Listen Now2022 John and Margaret Friesen Lecture Series "Reading Mennonite Writing Now" (videos)
Friday, March 4, 2022 @ 10:19 AM
View DetailsReconciliation: Land Acknowledgement
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 @ 5:37 PM
Don't just talk about whose land you're on. Do something about it. Featuring Christy Anderson, CMU Indigenous Engagement Advisor.
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Theme Music: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
Climate: Daily Worries
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 12:30 PM
Are we all hypocrites? Jonas talks to James Magnus-Johnston (CMU Teaching Assistant Professor) and Anna Bigland-Pritchard (CMU '15) about life in a world where not enough is being done to address the climate crisis.
Anna's "Self-Care as Creation Care" workbook: https://fortheloveofcreation.ca/resources/
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