pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).The DSM-IV identified the following four diagnoses:.Most significantly, the DSM-V combined four separate diagnoses that were in the DSM-IV into one diagnosis.
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Donna Tourneur ministers among the people of Trinity United Church in New Glasgow.The DSM, currently on its 5th edition, made some changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism when the manual was updated to the DSM-V from the DSM-IV. Maybe if we identify, publicly, what matters to us and how that makes a difference to the wider community, we may just begin to live into it. Maybe in a faith for today, we need to claim those words as our own, the focus of our congregational life and work. It sounds a lot like the message I preach to those who care to listen, each week on Sunday morning. That we have gotten through the tough times because we have cared about each other. Unity in the face of challenge and hardship, are words that I have heard spoken many, many times in this past year. Believing in a God of love who connects us to each other because we are in this together and seeing that presence at work in the world has made all the difference for me. I come back to the point that the story of hope, rooted in the good news of Christ is what sets us apart. The challenge remains, however, to identify why that is and what makes us different than any other group of willing volunteers. Certainly, my own life has been transformed through this work, and through the opportunities to see the commitment made by so many beautiful and caring humans. That there have been times when my words or actions or service have made a difference, and that the outreach that we have worked together on has transformed lives. Obviously, as one who has committed her life to following the way of Christ, I yearn to think it has mattered. I would put us about five decades past the age of Christendom, so does what we do, and what we offer make any difference?
Being influenced by the great stories of faith is something this generation of children has little experience in. Many children, have a vague idea of the Christmas story, but that would be the only one in a whole host of stories about Christian witness. It has not had large groups of children coming to be trained and influenced by another generation of lay leaders for decades. It no longer has the political influence it had years ago. Do we who have committed our life to serving Christ truly make a difference in the community? Are our good works any different than the efforts of people of good will who do not attend a particular community of faith gathering on a Sunday morning?įor sure, we know that the church in North America in going through a time of transition.
It's probably a bad time to ask the question, because it demands an answer, and most people are too hot or too tired to think about answering, still, I wonder. What difference does the church make to a society who seems to have moved on? Granted, it was the voice of one exhausted from a life a of service, speaking to another tired of trying to speculate what will be left of the church when covid is finally wrapped up, but, I’ve been wondering. They said, that they realized that staying past their usual retirement date was not going to change one thing to those being served. Interestingly, that event fell on the heels of a conversation I had had the day before with someone who had recently retired. Early in July, I joined a group of leaders in our community, invited by Engage Nova Scotia to participate in a forum, round table discussion and dinner with a focus of doing something that makes a difference in our community.
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