First book by alumnus deepens understanding and friendship
A CMU alumnus recently celebrated the publication of his first book.
Dustin Unrau (OT '05, CMU '09) is the author of Nahayo: They Left Me for Dead. The book tells the life story of Unrau's friend, Jackson Nahayo, who immigrated to Canada after surviving horrific violence, only to return to his home country years later to start a medical clinic.
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Alumnus explores 'Life at the End of Us Versus Them' in new book
When Marcus Rempel finished the manuscript for his new book, Life at the End of Us Versus Them, he asked one of his most beloved profs, Dr. Harry Huebner, to write an endorsement.
"I got okay marks in Harry's classes, but I always wanted to do better than I did," Rempel (CMBC '94) recalls. "When I sent Harry my manuscript, I felt about as confident as I did slipping my term papers under his office door 26 years ago—like leaving a half a crumpled sandwich to feed a giant."
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Jonathan Dueck: A sort of homecoming
For Dr. Jonathan Dueck (CMBC '97), Canadian Mennonite University is a dream come true.
While studying at Canadian Mennonite Bible College in the early ‘90s, Dueck and one of his fellow students wrote a series of posts on the Wittenberg Door, an on-campus forum for student discussion.
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Working with Christian Peacemaker Teams a profound experience for alumni
Lisa Martens (CMBC ‘00) recalls what it was like being in Iraq when U.S. forces invaded the country in 2003. She remembers speaking with a man whose house was cracked because his neighbour’s home had been bombed.
“He was a Muslim I think, and his wife was Christian,” Martens recalls. “He just talked about how he believed that the people from various religions should be able to live in peace together, and how his family was evidence of that kind of cooperation.”
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Joanne Epp: Writing to find home
When talking about what she enjoys about writing poetry, Joanne Epp (CMBC ’86) mentions Canadian painter David Milne, who once said, “The thing that makes a picture is the thing that makes dynamite – compression.”
“That’s one of the things I love about poetry – that compressed energy that you can get,” Epp says. “A piece can be less than a page (long), but it can contain so much.”
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