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Sunday@CMU: May 2022

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.

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Sunday@CMU: April 2022

Theme: The Lord's Prayer; Easter

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 on the Lord's Prayer by Virginia Gerbrandt Richert, CMU alumna and associate pastor at Altona Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Altona, MB. Plus: An Easter sermon by Dr. V. George Shillington, professor emeritus at CMU.

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Reconciliation: Man-Made Temples

Jesus called for an end to oppression. How did the Bible become a weapon of colonization? Jonas talks with Christy Anderson, CMU Indigenous Engagement Advisor, about a sermon she gave at CMU in Fall 2021.

Anderson's full sermon is available as a special feature episode of this podcast.

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MBA alumna protects data of millions at innovative tech company

CMU alumna Tomisin Bolorunduro moved to Vancouver, a city where she knew no one, in the midst of a pandemic. But what she moved for was worth it: a job at Trulioo, an innovative tech start-up and global leader in online identity verification and data privacy.

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Forestry management helps alumnus find a just and equitable world

Hearing Darcy Reimer ('15, Environmental Studies) reflect on this time at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), you see how CMU was a place of intersection, bringing together his passions and helping direct him into his career.

Reimer appreciated the small, interactive biology classes with Dr. Rachel Krause where he had the freedom to explore individual curiosities. Important to these classes was how the dialogue between science and faith were incorporated into his education, through which Reimer found a congruity between faith and science.

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Sunday@CMU: February 2022

Theme: The Parables of the Prodigal Son

This month on Sunday@CMU, we're hearing from Aaron Thiessen, CMU alumnus and Pastor for Youth and Young Adults at River East Church in Winnipeg, MB. In this series of meditations, Aaron examines the parable of the Prodigal Son from a different interpretation each week, allowing it to shake our expectations and see from a new perspective.

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Graduate School of Theology & Ministry alumnus finds immigration consultancy work a “life-changing experience”

For Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) alumnus Arisnel Mesidor (CMU '15), changing people's lives isn't an abstract hope or dream; it's the reality of his daily work.

As the owner and manager of Mesidor Canadian Immigration Services, he helps non-Canadians make the life-altering transition to becoming Canadian citizens. Daily, he meets with clients and mentors them as they navigate the complex world of the Canadian immigration system.

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I Am A Mennonite investigates the past to glimpse into the future

Within the first five minutes of Paul Plett's (CMU 2004-05) newest documentary, I Am A Mennonite, he askes his target audience of Mennonites, "Where are we going to spiritually?"

That may be a loaded question for a community whose history is steeped in schisms, immigration, and discernment. But, It's a question Plett says is not rhetorical. "We're not going anywhere else physically. As a community, it does sort of seem that the real adventure is the spiritual one." Plett says that since Mennonite's transient disposition seems to have receded, we need to journey deeper into self-reflection, exploring inward as our spirituality is the most important odyssey of all.

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Sunday@CMU: January 2022

Theme: The Lord's Prayer

Happy New Year! This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Virginia Gerbrandt Richert, CMU alumna and associate pastor at Altona Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Altona, MB. Throughout this series of meditations, Virginia helps us reflect on the Lord's Prayer and see it in new ways.

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CMU alumni collaborate on book featuring women in music

A vibrant children's book featuring 26 women in music will soon be hitting bookstore shelves, and it was created by two CMU alumni. Anneli Loepp Thiessen (CMU '18) first wrote The ABCs of Women in Music in fall 2020 as a creative project for a feminist theories class at the University of Ottawa, where she is a PhD student in interdisciplinary music research.

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