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Dear Friends of Wireless Messaging, Welcome back to The Wireless Messaging News. I have included another article from RCR Wireless News this week. It is a continuation of their “Throwback Thursdays” and although well done, it was very painful to read. JUST 20 YEARS AGO
We were so wrong, in our forecasts about the future of paging! I am definitely including myself in the we because I totally believed that as one-way paging slowly declined, two-way paging would grow (more than enough) to take its place. We did forecast the current popularity of wireless text messaging but we thought it would be mainly on ReFLEX two-way paging devices. Many people lost far more than I did — millions of dollars in fact. I only lost the last job that I ever had, a nice new condo in a yuppie-neighborhood in Dallas, and a snazzy new sports car.
The article follows below. P.S. There is an important LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Vaughan Bowden, and an interesting one from Allan Angus — both friends and colleagues. (Way down at the bottom.) Now on to more news and views. | Wayne County, Illinois
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Annual Telecommunications StatisticsBy External Source Thu, 05/19/2016 - 07:21 Data released by Statistics Canada show operating revenues for the telecommunications industry increased 2.5% from 2013 to $58.8 billion in 2014, while operating expenses rose 3.1% to $46.5 billion. As a result, the industry generated a 20.8% operating profit margin. Mobile and paging revenues and Internet services revenues contributed the most to the growth of the telecommunications industry in 2014. Mobile and paging operating revenues were up 4.0%, while Internet services operating revenues increased 9.0%. Mobile and paging services, the largest component of the industry, accounted for $22.2 billion or 37.7% of the industry's total operating revenues. Operating revenues from Internet services were $8.7 billion or 14.8% of the industry's total operating revenues. Together, they represented more than half (52.5%) of the revenues generated by the industry. By comparison, in 2011, this proportion was 47.7%. In contrast, operating revenues for wireline telephony services (local and access services and long distance services) decreased 4.4% from 2013 to $11.3 billion in 2014. Wireline telephony services accounted for 19.2% of the telecommunications industry's total operating revenues in 2014. By comparison, in 2011, they represented just under one-quarter of total operating revenues. |
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Disaster-Proven Paging for Public SafetyPaging system designs in the United States typically use a voice radio-style infrastructure. These systems are primarily designed for outdoor mobile coverage with modest indoor coverage. Before Narrowbanding, coverage wasn’t good, but what they have now is not acceptable! The high power, high tower approach also makes the system vulnerable. If one base station fails, a large area loses their paging service immediately! Almost every technology went from analog to digital except fire paging. So it’s time to think about digital paging! The Disaster-Proven Paging Solution (DiCal) from Swissphone offers improved coverage, higher reliability and flexibility beyond anything that traditional analog or digital paging systems can provide. Swissphone is the No. 1 supplier for digital paging solutions worldwide. The Swiss company has built paging networks for public safety organizations all over the world. Swissphone has more than 1 million pagers in the field running for years and years due to their renowned high quality. DiCal is the digital paging system developed and manufactured by Swissphone. It is designed to meet the specific needs of public safety organizations. Fire and EMS rely on these types of networks to improve incident response time. DiCal systems are designed and engineered to provide maximum indoor paging coverage across an entire county. In a disaster situation, when one or several connections in a simulcast solution are disrupted or interrupted, the radio network automatically switches to fall back operating mode. Full functionality is preserved at all times. This new system is the next level of what we know as “Simulcast Paging” here in the U.S.
Swissphone offers high-quality pagers, very robust and waterproof. Swissphone offers the best sensitivity in the industry, and battery autonomy of up to three months. First responder may choose between a smart s.QUAD pager, which is able to connect with a smartphone and the Hurricane DUO pager, the only digital pager who offers text-to-voice functionality. Bluetooth technology makes it possible to connect the s.QUAD with a compatible smartphone, and ultimately with various s.ONE software solutions from Swissphone. Thanks to Bluetooth pairing, the s.QUAD combines the reliability of an independent paging system with the benefits of commercial cellular network. Dispatched team members can respond back to the call, directly from the pager. The alert message is sent to the pager via paging and cellular at the same time. This hybrid solution makes the alert faster and more secure. Paging ensures alerting even if the commercial network fails or is overloaded. Swissphone sets new standards in paging: Paging Network
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Selected portions of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, and/or the BloostonLaw Private Users Update — newsletters from the Law Offices of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP — are reproduced in this section with the firm’s permission.
REMINDER: FCC Form 395 Due May 31Common carriers, including wireless carriers, with 16 or more full-time employees must file their annual Common Carrier Employment Reports (FCC Form 395) by May 31. This report tracks carrier compliance with rules requiring recruitment of minority employees. Further, the FCC requires all common carriers to report any employment discrimination complaints they received during the past year. The FCC encourages carriers to complete the discrimination report requirement by filling out Section V of Form 395, rather than submitting a separate report. We will be glad to help clients with preparing and filing these reports, and obtaining proof of filing. HeadlinesModernizing Wireless Licensing at the FCCWTB Chief Jon Wilkins last Friday posted an item on the FCC Blog announcing an initiative to modernize ULS to “a new, integrated, cloud-based platform that will enable FCC staff, licensees, and other stakeholders to conduct electronic licensing activities with more consistent performance, easier access to information, and enhanced functionality, such as the use of APIs to improve the ability of licensees to utilize information from ULS.” With ULS being modernized and moved to the cloud, this will hopefully lead to fewer ULS outages and more consistent performance. As part of this effort, the FCC says it wants to look at other ways to improve users’ experience over time, such as integrating greater mapping (GIS) functionality and integrating ULS with other FCC databases — like the National Outage Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) — with a goal of reducing data entry burdens and improving correlation of data. The initiative is a multi-year project and it will be complicated. According to Wilkins, ULS holds at least two million active licenses and it handles approximately 250,000 monthly interactions such as application filing. The project will begin by transitioning three services to the new platform — General Mobile Radio Services, the 3650-3700 MHz Service and Point-to-Point Microwave (PPMRS). Of these services, the PPMRS is probably the one that will have most day-to-day relevance for our firm’s clients and their operations. GMRS is a land mobile service that uses channels around 462 MHz and 467 MHz for short-distance two-way communications (similar to walkie-talkies). The 3650-3700 MHz (3.65 GHz) Band is a Wireless Broadband Service regulated under FCC Part 90 Rules that allows users to obtain nationwide non-exclusive licenses and then gain a modicum of protection rights through registration of individual base stations. This “last-mile access” band is in the process of being merged into the larger Citizens Broadband Service in the 3550-3700 MHz (3.5 GHz) band that will offer tiered access and grandfathered 3.65 GHz operations will be protected. Improving the GIS integration capabilities of ULS is becoming more important as the FCC is requiring certain 700 MHz band licensees to meet geographic-based coverage and service requirements, and Preferred Access Licensees (PALs) in the new Citizens Broadband Service will soon be able to bid for census tract-sized licenses they can aggregate over larger areas. FCC Proposes Amendments to to Facilitate Small Cell DeploymentsThe FCC Wireless Bureau is seeking comment on proposed amendments to the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for the Collocation of Wireless Antennas (Collocation Agreement) designed to expedite the review of deployments of small wireless antennas and associated equipment under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Comments on Public Notice (DA 16-519) are due by Monday June 13. The Bureau is proposing these amendments to facilitate swift deployment of small wireless antennas and associated equipment, including Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and small cell facilities, since smaller wireless facilities are typically less likely to have significant effects on historic properties. Smaller antennas that provide localized coverage using higher frequency bands will be used on a wide scale basis to support next generation “5G” wireless services and the “Internet of Things.” In order to fulfill its responsibilities under the NHPA, the Commission has incorporated the requirements of Section 106 of the NHPA into its environmental rules. These rules direct licensees and applicants to follow the procedures in the rules of the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation (ACHP), as modified by two programmatic agreements executed by the Commission with ACHP and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO), in order to determine whether certain undertakings will affect historic properties. A more general Nationwide Programmatic Agreement (NPA) addresses new tower construction, and the Collocation Agreement addresses historic preservation review for collocations on existing towers, buildings, and other non-tower structures. In general, the Agreement creates exceptions that allow certain antenna placements to avoid the delay and expense of historic preservation clearance, and the FCC now seeks to expand those exceptions. The Commission has recognized that DAS networks and small cell facilities use components that are a fraction of the size of traditional cell tower deployments and can often be installed on utility poles, buildings, and other existing structures with limited or no potential to cause adverse effects on historic properties. Accordingly, the Commission eliminated some Section 106 reviews of proposed deployments of small wireless communications facilities by adopting targeted exclusions from Section 106 review for (1) certain small-facility collocations on utility structures, and (2) on buildings and other non-tower structures, provided that they meet certain specified criteria. The Bureau's proposal to amend the Collocation Agreement modifies an existing program alternative established in accordance with the ACHP’s rules. After considering the comments received in response to this Public Notice, the FCC will submit a proposed Amended Collocation Agreement to the other original signatories: ACHP and NCSHPO. A summary of the Wireless Bureau’s is provided below.
The Collocation Agreement currently provides an exclusion for collocations of antenna facilities located outside of historic districts, on buildings and non-tower structures that are not over 45 years of age. The proposed amendment to the Collocation Agreement would add an exclusion for small wireless antennas and associated equipment mounted on buildings or non-tower structures or in the interior of buildings that are greater than 45 years of age, provided they are not historic properties and are located outside of historic districts.
The Wireless Bureau is also proposing to provide an exclusion from review for a small wireless antenna and associated equipment mounted on a building or non-tower structure (or in the interior of a building) that is a historic property or inside or within 250 feet of the boundary of a historic district, subject to visibility limits.
The Wireless Bureau is proposing narrow exclusions from the Section 106 process set forth in the NPA for visible small wireless antennas and associated equipment in historic districts under limited circumstances. Finally, the Wireless Bureau is proposing a variety of miscellaneous minor amendments to the Collocation Agreement that:
Please contact us if you would like to learn more concerning the details of the Bureau’s proposals, or if you would like to file comments. NCTA Files Motion for Extension of Time on Special Access NPRM; Sprint OpposesOn May 13, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association filed a motion for extension of time in the FCC’s Business Data Service and Special Access proceeding. Specifically, the Association asked the FCC to extend the deadline for comments by at least 45 days, and the deadline for reply comments by at least 30 days. According to the Association’s filing, “the Commission instead issued a complicated, voluminous Further Notice that significantly expands the scope of the proceeding to cover new services, new providers, and new issues. The pleading cycle adopted by the Commission fails to reflect the radically expanded scope of the proceeding, severely constrains the ability of NCTA’s member companies to meaningfully participate in this proceeding, and lends credence to concerns raised by one commissioner that “the outcome is predetermined.” On May 19, Sprint filed an Opposition to NCTA’s motion, arguing there “is no basis for any further delay in adopting long-overdue Business Data Services (“BDS”), also known as special access, reform. All participants in these proceedings—including NCTA—have had ample opportunity to analyze the BDS data collection …” As we reported in a previous edition of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, the FCC proposes:
The proposed framework is, according to the FCC, based on four fundamental principles:
Law & RegulationFCC Announces Effective Date for Expanded Online Public Inspection DatabaseOn May 12, the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing that the first group of entities being added to its expanded online public inspection file database must commence using the database on June 24, 2016. Specifically, On June 24, 2016, cable systems with 1,000 or more subscribers, DBS providers, SDARS licensees, and commercial radio stations in the top 50 Nielsen Audio radio markets with five or more full-time employees must place their new public inspection file documents in the FCC-hosted online public file database. In addition, these entities must place their existing public file documents into the online public file within six months after the effective date, or by December 24, 2016. Cable systems with 1,000 or more subscribers but fewer than 5,000 subscribers will not be required to place new political file material in the FCC’s online file until March 1, 2018. Cable systems with fewer than 1,000 subscribers are exempt from all online filing requirements. Additionally, television broadcasters, which have been subject to online file requirements since 2012, will also be required to use the new expanded online public inspection file (“OPIF”) rather than the existing online broadcast public inspection file (“BPIF”). The FCC will move all documents in BPIF to the OPIF database by midnight on June 24, 2016. The FCC will conduct a live Webinar to demonstrate the new OPIF database prior to the OPIF effective date. IndustryAutomakers Urge White House to Reject Open Spectrum PlanLast week, Reuters reported that a letter signed by more than fifty automakers, state transportation agencies, and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers not to open wireless spectrum currently reserved for connected vehicles. Signatories include Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co, General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG, and Honda Motor Co.; the Michigan, California and Arizona state transportation departments; and the National Safety Council and National Sheriffs Association. In 1999, the FCC allocated to a portion of the 5.9 GHz spectrum for vehicle-to-vehicle communications. In 2013, it launched a proceeding to explore ways to make more spectrum available in the 5 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi (FCC Docket 13-49). A recent spate of congressional inquiries is putting pressure on the FCC to free up more spectrum, including the portion allocated to vehicle-to-vehicle communications. "One of the most – if not the most – significant advances in vehicle safety is now coming into existence. We urge you to stay the course and complete the action your administration has undertaken to improve the safety of drivers and passengers on America’s roadways," said the letter, which reportedly comes as a response to recent calls from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and other groups to act quickly to open up more spectrum, as connected device usage “skyrockets.” FCC Commissioners Testify on Internet Privacy ProceedingOn May 11, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai testified before the Before the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law of the United States Senate at a hearing entitled “Examining the Proposed FCC Privacy Rules.” At the hearing, Chairman Wheeler testified that “Section 222 of the Communications Act expressly grants the Commission the authority it has used to protect the privacy of customer information that phone companies collect.” He cited to concerns that unlike specific websites or social media services, customers cannot easily or quickly switch ISPs, and since ISPs handle all of a customer’s unencrypted online activity, the Commission’s recently adopted NPRM would give all consumers the tools we need to make informed decisions about how our ISPs use and share our data, and confidence that ISPs are keeping their customers’ data secure. “And this proposal does not prohibit ISPs from using and sharing customer data—it simply proposes that the ISP first obtain customers’ express permission before doing so,” said the Chairman. Commissioner Pai painted a very different picture in his testimony. “[T]he FCC in March 2016 decided to target ISPs, and only ISPs, for stringent regulation—regulation far more invasive and prescriptive than the case-specific approach of the FTC. For several reasons, this approach makes little, if any, sense.” He largely focused on the fact that the FCC’s regulation does not cover edge providers in the same way as ISPs. “Search engines log every query you enter. Social networks track every person you’ve met. Online video distributors know every show you’ve ever streamed. Online shopping sites record every book, every piece of furniture, and every medical device you browse, let alone purchase … [a]nd yet the FCC targets only one comer of the marketplace.” He also noted that the proposal singles out new upstarts in the concentrated market for online advertising; may actively confuse consumers who do not know which entities are ISPs and which are not; and “may signal the end for ad-based discounts on online services.” DeadlinesMAY 31: FCC FORM 395, EMPLOYMENT REPORT. Common carriers, including wireless carriers, with 16 or more full-time employees must file their annual Common Carrier Employment Reports (FCC Form 395) by May 31. This report tracks carrier compliance with rules requiring recruitment of minority employees. Further, the FCC requires all common carriers to report any employment discrimination complaints they received during the past year. That information is also due on May 31. The FCC encourages carriers to complete the discrimination report requirement by filling out Section V of Form 395, rather than submitting a separate report. JULY 1: FCC FORM 481 (CARRIER ANNUAL REPORTING DATA COLLECTION FORM). All eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) must report the information required by Section 54.313, which includes outage, unfulfilled service request, and complaint data, broken out separately for voice and broadband services, information on the ETC’s holding company, operating companies, ETC affiliates and any branding in response to section 54.313(a)(8); its CAF-ICC certification, if applicable; its financial information, if a privately held rate-of-return carrier; and its satellite backhaul certification, if applicable. Form 481 must not only be filed with USAC, but also with the FCC and the relevant state commission and tribal authority, as appropriate. Although USAC treats the filing as confidential, filers must seek confidential treatment separately with the FCC and the relevant state commission and tribal authority if confidential treatment is desired. JULY 1: MOBILITY FUND PHASE I ANNUAL REPORT. Winning bidders in Auction 901 that are authorized to receive Mobility Fund Phase I support are required to submit to the Commission an annual report each year on July 1 for the five years following authorization. Each annual report must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, clearly referencing WT Docket No. 10-208; the Universal Service Administrator; and the relevant state commissions, relevant authority in a U.S. Territory, or Tribal governments, as appropriate. The information and certifications required to be included in the annual report are described in Section 54.1009 of the Commission’s rules. JULY 29: CARRIER IDENTIFICATION CODE (CIC) REPORTS. Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Reports must be filed by the last business day of July (this year, July 29). These reports are required of all carriers who have been assigned a CIC code by NANPA. Failure to file could result in an effort by NANPA to reclaim it, although according to the Guidelines this process is initiated with a letter from NANPA regarding the apparent non-use of the CIC code. The assignee can then respond with an explanation. (Guidelines Section 6.2). The CIC Reporting Requirement is included in the CIC Assignment Guidelines, produced by ATIS. According to section 1.4 of that document: At the direction of the NANPA, the access providers and the entities who are assigned CICs will be requested to provide access and usage information to the NANPA, on a semi-annual basis to ensure effective management of the CIC resource. (Holders of codes may respond to the request at their own election). Access provider and entity reports shall be submitted to NANPA no later than January 31 for the period ending December 31, and no later than July 31 for the period ending June 30. It is also referenced in the NANPA Technical Requirements Document, which states at 7.18.6: CIC holders shall provide a usage report to the NANPA per the industry CIC guidelines … The NAS shall be capable of accepting CIC usage reports per guideline requirements on January 31 for the period ending December 31 and no later than July 31 for the period ending June 30. These reports may also be mailed and accepted by the NANPA in paper form. Finally, according to the NANPA website, if no local exchange carrier reports access or usage for a given CIC, NANPA is obliged to reclaim it. The semi-annual utilization and access reporting mechanism is described at length in the guidelines. AUGUST 1: FCC FORM 507, UNIVERSAL SERVICE QUARTERLY LINE COUNT UPDATE. Line count updates are required to recalculate a carrier's per line universal service support, and is filed with the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). This information must be submitted on July 31 each year by all rate-of-return incumbent carriers, and on a quarterly basis if a competitive eligible telecommunications carrier (CETC) has initiated service in the rate-of-return incumbent carrier’s service area and reported line count data to USAC in the rate-of-return incumbent carrier’s service area, in order for the incumbent carrier to be eligible to receive Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS). Because July 31 falls on a Sunday this year, the filing will be due August 1. This quarterly filing is due July 31 and covers lines served as of December 31, 2013. Incumbent carriers filing on a quarterly basis must also file on September 30 (for lines served as of March 31, 2014); December 30 (for lines served as of June 30, 2014), and March 31, 2015, for lines served as of September 30, 2014). Calendar At-A-Glance May June July August |
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Mobile data battles fragmentation; PCS, 2-way shadow paging — this week in 1996BY RCR WIRELESS NEWS ON MAY 19, 2016 Mobile data services struggle against competing standards, while the traditional paging industry brace for PCS, 2-way battle — 20 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! New PCS offerings won’t take away from paging customer base One-way paging remains solid as sexy two-way enters market |
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Hi Brad, In case you haven’t heard… there is another GPS event occurring this weekend. Paging operations are expected to continue without interruption. However, this one is a bit different as it will also underline a date limitation in the older Trimble GPS heads and cause a reporting discrepancy moving forward. The date issue is similar to the year 2000 concerns. Specifically after Saturday night 5-22-16 8pm EDT, the C2000 equipment will display and report information with an older time reference. Equipment connected to the older receivers will report alarms as if it were 6-9-1996. Sunday will be 6-10-1996. Hopefully this will be just a cosmetic thing and will have a limited impact on the big picture. Below is more info and attached is an announcement from Spok.
Call me at your convenience if you are not aware of the issue and have concerns. Best regards, Vaughan Bowden
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On Cruelty, I refer you to Robert Trivers’ book, The Folly of Fools, Chapter 10. From the point of view of an evolutionary biologist, Trivers considers what possible evolutionary advantage there might be in self-deception. There is clearly an evolutionary race between, say, predator and prey, in which one being able to deceive the other conveys an advantage. However, in the case of man, arguably the most evolved species on the planet, who might obtain the most detailed information possible about any given situation, why do we deceive ourselves into believing that we are stronger, better, more righteous, than we actually are? Cruelty in the name of religion is just one of the topics that Trivers addresses. While he doesn’t address it directly, the false historical narrative that paging technology is somehow poorly designed or “out of date” could also have been a section in the book. While most previous authors who’ve considered the topic of self-deception from a psychological point of view; for example, Freud, concluded that it stems from a defense mechanism, Trivers proposes that self-deception supports an offense. To offer a few specific cases, the lie, believed almost everywhere, that cellular technology is in all respects superior to simulcast, is used not as a defense against simulcast but rather as an attack against it. Similarly, a male who puffs up his chest seriously believing his superiority may defeat an opponent with his self-confidence before the first blow is ever struck. As Trivers recounts in endless cases of airline disasters, fruitless wars, genocides, et cetera, the folly of us fools repeats endlessly when we buy into the lie of our superiority on the basis of religion or race or nationality or education (you may add to the list) when after all, we are just another instance of man. Under the influence of these self-deceiving judgments about ourselves (better) and others (worse), we take one step forward and two steps back as individuals, at work, at home, and as a society, whenever we set the blame for our own failings on the shoulders of others. Fill in the blanks here: Our (country, company, marriage, church, team, …) will be better when we deal with the (other country, other race, other religion, other race, other company, other woman/man, other …) Shirzad Chamine, (see http://positiveintelligence.com ) suggests that these self-deceiving and self-defeating thoughts and behaviors are examplars of patterns he calls Saboteurs. In coaching various C-level executives and teams around the world, he concludes that only 20% of individuals and teams achieve their full potential because of these patterns of self-defeating thought. In Chamine’s view, the master Saboteur is the self-deceiving inner judge that leaps forward whenever we sense a real or potential risk. There is a simple on-line assessment that can be completed on the web site I’ve referenced. I recommend Chamine’s book on positive intelligence and Trivers’ on folly, available at Amazon, for Kindle, and etc. As someone who is about as irreligious as could be, Trivers offers what I think is the best analysis of the Lord’s Prayer that I have ever seen. I recommend it to you all in the context of Brad’s images. Trivers points out that the Lord’s Prayer has three parts. The first part is an assertion of personal humility: “Thy Will be done”. The second part allows you to request only two things, and one is contingent. You may ask for your daily bread. You may ask for your trespasses to be forgiven, but only if you forgive those of others. The final part is a request not to be led into temptation or evil. There is no place where you insert your desires to destroy your enemies or aggrandize your self. Just “Thy Will be done”, your daily bread, forgiveness accepted in return for forgiveness given, avoid temptation and do no evil. Allan Angus |
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What is the difference between religion and spirituality? Religion is often about who’s in and who’s out, creating a worldview steeped in “us against them.” Spirituality rejects this dualism and speaks of us and them. Religion is often about loyalty to institutions, clergy, and rules. Spirituality is about loyalty to justice and compassion. Religion talks about God. Spirituality helps to make us godly. The two need not be at odds. Religion at its best is spirituality in community. Religious institutions that do harm are those that insist you surrender your will to them, rather than to God. Clergy who do harm are those who insist you worship them, rather than God. When a religion insists it speaks for God and asserts that by rejecting it, you are rejecting God, it is a danger to everyone. If you need a church, make sure it is one that points beyond itself to a God of love, justice, and personal autonomy and freedom. If you need clergy, make sure they free you for God, rather than chain you to themselves and their view of God. |
| Source: | Spirituality & Health | By: Rabbi Rami Shapiro |
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| Source: | Digital Photography Review | Photo by Barbara C. Richardson |
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