The seemingly prejudicial Grand Lodge of Arkansas is at it again. Once again a Grand Lodge, this time the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, has taken steps to make Freemasonry exclusive rather than inclusive; parochial instead of universal. In past moves around the Masonic spectrum we have seen African … [Read more...] about Grand Lodge Of Arkansas On The Warpath Again
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Challenges Of The 21st Century
If we are to grow and if we are to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, we must have a national approach for Freemasonry Have you talked to today’s generation lately? I am referring to someone who was born say in 1990. Have you noticed what kind of values they hold, their idealism, what … [Read more...] about Challenges Of The 21st Century
Healing The Hurt And Moving On
The Old Guard just doesn't get it. The young Masons do. There is a cancer in Mainstream Masonry and it is in need of chemotherapy and radiation. The cancer is the capricious use of unbridled power by Grand Masters across the land. Oh, not all of them govern their Lodges in such a tyrannical manner … [Read more...] about Healing The Hurt And Moving On
The First Joint Ceremony of Black & White Masons In America
This piece comes from The Coal Miner Who Came West by Ernest Moore, in collaboration with Gloria Phelps, Copyright 1982 (pages 72 and 73) The article is unsigned but very likely written by the author who was a Prince Hall Mason as was his grandfather, John Hale (1846-1921), who is the subject of … [Read more...] about The First Joint Ceremony of Black & White Masons In America
Prince Hall, Myths, Legends And Facts
Complied by Aubrey Brown, MPS, Kevin Gembarosky MPS, David Gray, MPS, Nelson King, FPS. The late Allen E. Roberts wrote "For more than two centuries Prince Hall Freemasonry has been the most lied about organization in the world. Caucasian Freemasonry has misstated the facts about it; Black … [Read more...] about Prince Hall, Myths, Legends And Facts