‘For the straight way was lost’: Navigating faith, grad studies, and mental illness
When MA Theology student Grace Kang was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she found herself forced to re-evaluate almost everything. So she went to grad school.
Haeon Grace Kang—Grace, in Anglophone circles—came to CMU searching for God: "I thought that studying God might help me to find a more intimate relationship with God. So far, I'd say that has worked out," she says.
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CMU choir continues to connect during cancelled tour
From April 27 to May 4, the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Singers were to spend a week singing and travelling across the country, all the way from Manitoba to British Columbia. Unfortunately, the choir tour had to be cancelled—one of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But that didn't stop the choir from connecting. Instead of boarding a bus every morning, the singers were greeted daily by a new email from Dr. Janet Brenneman, Associate Professor of Music and conductor of the CMU Singers.
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Sunday@CMU: July 2020
Theme: Journeying Through the Psalms
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting a sermon series by Janet Peters. She explores the Psalms, a biblical book that encompasses the whole range of human emotions and experiences, and how they can help us in our lives and faith journeys. Janet is an alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry and the Associate Program Director of Camps with Meaning, Mennonite Church Manitoba's camping ministry.
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Anti-racism webinar panel reunites teaching force behind Outtatown South Africa; draws +200 viewers
Two weeks ago, former Outtatown South Africa leader Paul Peters and current CMU graduate student Justin Eisinga put their heads together. They had access to a network of highly experienced, educated leaders with intimate understanding of the evil—violent, systemic racism—which has rocked North America in its unveiling over recent weeks through media documentation of police brutality. The only question was how best to mobilize those resources.
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