CMU Xplore program ventures into new territory
When Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) moved its Xplore classes online for the fall 2020 semester due to COVID-19, Marlene Janzen was thrilled. Janzen lives in Ottawa, so the new format meant she could participate for the first time. “This was really interesting to me, to access these resources from CMU,” she says, adding that she…
CMU practicum student helps shape Anabaptist worship
Amelia Pahl, a fourth-year Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student doing an interdisciplinary degree in religion and narrative, did a three-month practicum placement with Together in Worship, a website of free Anabaptist worship resources that was launched in November. Volunteers from across Canada and the United States have curated and developed words, music and visuals for…
Watch: Quarantine viewing ideas
Looking for a movie to watch? Sue Sorensen has some suggestions for you. Sorensen, an English professor at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, is featured in a series of five short videos CMU posted to its YouTube channel earlier this month. Each video features a film that Sorensen recommends watching, particularly in light of the…
CMU prof offers sermons, reflections in new book
WINNIPEG—The gaping mouth of a giant fish stretches open across the cover of Chris Huebner’s new book, Suffering the Truth: Occasional Sermons and Reflections. The image of a Polish church pulpit in the shape of the giant fish from the biblical story of Jonah represents the difficult undertaking of speaking on behalf of God through…
CMU is Climate Smart certified
WINNIPEG—On Earth Day 2020 (April 22), Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) announced that it was now officially Climate Smart certified. This certification marks a significant milestone in CMU’s effort to address its role in climate change, and sets the university on a path towards continuous improvement in the stewardship of the resources, people and planet entrusted…
Stranded Outtatown students return to Canada
Students and staff from Canadian Mennonite University’s Outtatown Discipleship School who were stranded in Guatemala arrived back in their hometowns this past weekend. Thirty-six students, five leaders and two staff who were awaiting repatriation secured passage on a flight that left Guatemala on Friday afternoon, March 27. They arrived in Quebec that same night and…
Outtatown students stranded in Guatemala
While school and government officials work together to bring the group home, 36 students, six leaders and two program staff from Canadian Mennonite University’s Outtatown Discipleship School are waiting patiently in Guatemala, putting the semester’s lessons to the test. (Photo by Shawn Dearborn) Since early January, Outtatown’s 2019/20 cohort has been travelling in Guatemala. Initially scheduled…
‘In the end, we’re all neighbours’
How do people respond to the strong rhetoric of polarization that is gripping the world? How can they listen and talk to people that are different from them? And why does it matter if they do? More than 180 people gathered in the Marpeck Commons at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on Feb. 10 to discuss…
Words that bear repeating
Thanks to a shift in approach, Tuesday all-campus worship gatherings at Canadian Mennonite University are attracting a better, more consistent turnout from the student body. Danielle Morton. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) What’s different? Danielle Morton, CMU’s spiritual life facilitator, says that incorporating liturgy has brought much-needed stillness, rest and intimacy back to a campus worship…
Roméo Saganash visits CMU
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) students, staff and faculty gathered on Oct. 16 to hear Roméo Saganash speak on how Indigenous political leaders are keeping up the fight to see the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) implemented into Canadian law. During his visit, Saganash shared This Fight Continues: 262 & the Declaration,…
