Brothers – this article is from my consulting practice but I fear we run into such situations now and then in Lodge. Hope you enjoy it. – TB During our lifetime, we inevitably run into some rather unsavory characters who will wrong, cheat or defraud us. Maybe even worse are people who survive not because […]
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The Book Of Fate
I just completed a week’s vacation where I did what I love to do most. And that is lay back and put my feet up with a good “escape” book. No heavy reading allowed on vacation. My favorite “get away from it all,” fiction fantasy escape is a good murder mystery. I am addicted to […]
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The Rite of Circumambulation
The rite of circumambulation is perhaps the most overlooked of all Masonic rituals. This action is an inherent part of almost every Masonic degree and plays a critical role in the three degrees of the Symbolic Lodge. However, few Masons have ever truly examined this ritual or its symbolism. Even a short inquiry into its […]
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Porn puts the lower and middle classes into freemasonry
The following two quotes come from an article I stumbled across this morning, Flynt’s master plan, written by Jonathan Kay for the National Post on a new book about the place of porn (or at least pornographic ideas) in the shaping of America. Before I send you over to the article, give the two quotes […]
Continue readingHow you can practice Masonic Relief in Joplin
Chris Hodapp provided this info in the comments (Big Thanks Chris), but it needs to go further and wider. To help the Joplin Scottish Rite and Missouri Masonry with the Joplin clean up you can contact the Valley’s office at (417) 623-3219 if you would like to physically help. If you would like to make […]
Continue readingJoplin Scottish Rite and the Spirit of Masonry
This is came off of a Press Release, and deserves to be shared. If you’ve been completely disconnected form the weather tragedy in Joplin Missouri recently, the latest reporting has the death toll near to 140 people killed in the Missouri storms. Needless to say, much of the community was utterly destroyed. Spared in the […]
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I’ve Walked With Friends
I’ve Walked With Friends A Masonic poem by Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS What’s a companion, What is a Friend What’s the beginning, what is the end What is the answer, to every question What is the moral to every lesson How can we fall, not knowing all Why do we think, we know it all Foolish […]
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Your Management Style
NOTE: I originally wrote this post for my management consulting business, but it is just as valid for those people hoping to become a Worshipful Master of a Lodge. I hope you enjoy it. I know a young man who was recently promoted to the position of “Project Manager.” This was his first management position […]
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Masonry-An Ancient School of Symbolic Instruction
“A beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.” The above quote is the description of Masonry that is most often given to the initiate in order to describe the nature of the institution. It is so oft repeated that I suppose many Freemasons don’t give much thought to its meaning. However, […]
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The Path Of Destruction
This year my Grand Lodge will be involved in a major struggle for power at its Grand Session. So once again I am dismayed at the way Freemasonry is headed. What is lacking is a Freemasonry focusing strongly on its message. The key words here are research, education, instruction, reading, scholarship and discussion. Oh we […]
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