Sunday@CMU: January 2023
Reflections on Five Parables of Jesus
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from CMU alumnus Kenny Wollmann, a teacher and member of Baker Hutterite Community. In this series of meditations, he reflects on what Jesus' parables tell us about the Kingdom of God, in keeping with the Hutterite liturgical tradition of studying the gospel stories of Jesus' life and ministry in the season between Epiphany and Easter.
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#myCMUlife: “It’s the people that make you feel at home”
I was always a quiet kid—quite aloof, utterly idealistic. My time was primarily spent wandering in my own head rather than engaging with the Big Wide World outside the closed doors. So it was no surprise that the idea of me spending my high school years abroad shocked my parents, even more so since I initiated it.
Studying abroad is inarguably a risky financial investment with the hope of securing a better future somewhere else far from home, but in the mind of a 13-year-old, the whole concept was stripped down to "travelling to Neverland" to see with my own eyes what is ever and what is never.
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Is Christian ministry for you? Learn more at the ministry inquiry retreat
The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Office of Ministry Inquiry is once again hosting its annual Ministry Inquiry Retreat at Camp Assiniboia from January 27–28, 2023.
This decades-long tradition of gathering in nature to explore God's call to ministry is designed for graduate and undergraduate CMU students looking for time out of daily life to reconsider and pay attention to the lingering questions that emerge in our lives. The discovery-oriented framework of this retreat seeks to help and support those reflecting on one's calling toward congregational ministry.
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Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Jonathan Dueck
Dr. Jonathan Dueck, Vice-President Academic, Academic Dean, Associate Professor of Social Science (Ethnomusicology), and of Writing, has taught at CMU since 2017.
What do you love about your work here?
I like the sense of play that we have as an institution. We invite people to do things they care about, things they're passionate about, and to try them out. As students, as faculty members, and even as an institution, we're willing to try new things in a way that is about what we love.
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CMU student's award-winning speech encourages us to live with “an attitude of abundance”
"The kingdom of God [that Jesus] preached about was one of banquets. It is a kingdom that starts with faith the size of a mustard seed and grows like yeast mixed with flour. You are invited; come and join the feast."
So says current Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student Danika Warkentin in her award-winning speech titled, "Join the Feast."
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