YWAM Canada- An Elder's Musings

In August we had our biennial YWAM Canadian staff gathering In Pinawa, Manitoba. Considering that this location is roughly mid-Canada points to the challenges we face as a nation as we drive the 30+ hours from either East or West to Rendezvous in the tradition of Canada's early fur traders. This was our sixth such gathering and in many respects we are starting to see the fruit of networking and connecting both as friends and YWAM Co-workers from coast to coast to coast. A treat for us this year was to have Baxter Kruger ( http://www.perichoresis.org/ ) both give glory to God as he beautified the triune relationship of Father, Son and Spirit, and how God in Love meets us in our "I –am-nots…" The revelation that Jesus presented of God as His Father was such a radical departure from traditional Jewish thinking. The very nature of Christian discipleship was rooted in the profound understanding that God is Abba, Father, and that the incarnate Son is both Lord and Christ ...

St. Barnabas Learning Community is the ministry name for multiple initiatives that bridge the Mission and Missional Worlds, the Emergent and Ancient Movements, Leadership Conversations linked with Servant-hood Expressions of Action and Trinitarian Theology in a Creational Context. As a YWAM Location it is at once the Western Canada District Office, the Teaching Ministry of Paul Martinson, A Location to Gather for Counselling, Spiritual Direction and Retreats, as well as a covering for "The Heart Connections Counselling Model Institute" . For further information and blog articles see www.paulmartinson.blogspot.com .