For Whom The Bell Tolls

Samantha Molny and James Aaron Steel got married in June in Fort Worth Texas. As my Grandfather was oft to say, “What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?” Steel, you see, is the great-great-great-great grandson of Lawrence Steel one of the founding fathers of Fort Worth and one of […]

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Prince Hall Masons Attend Historical Commemoration of 19th Century Black Legislators of Texas

Past Master Burrell Parmer is a member of San Antonio Lodge No. 1 of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas.  He is the newly appointed Grand Editor of Publications and he also publishes a fascinating website with many of his experiences and writings at: Parmer’s Masonic Traveler. Masonic Traveler 1 Apr 10

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The Hour Glass, African American Freemasonry In The State Of New York

The Light of Masonry

by Ezekiel M. Bey Heaven sent me here through the womb of a woman Heaven sent me here from on high Heaven sent me here through the force of my Creator The one seen on Masonic aprons, the All-seeing Eye Creations are powerful, and so Creations are Great Creations are blessings, helping craftsmen navigate As […]

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Masonic Expression Has Many Forms

Masonic scholarship has come a long way.  With the tools, the media and the technology available today Freemasonry has evolved into a medium of communication that has heretofore never been seen in the past. Oh we had great Masonic writers, the Masters, many years ago.  Most of them are still widely read today – Mackey, […]

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Masonic Organ Donor

Are you signed up to be an organ donor when you die?  Maybe your eyes or your heart or your liver or your spleen can help save and/or prolong the life of another in need. Have you ever watched a Masonic Lodge slowly die?  It does most things right, has good programs, no dissension yet […]

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Two Great Moments, Two Great Weeks

First I had the opportunity last week to speak at Lyles Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts to the classes of a Lodge Brother who teaches history at the school.  I managed to talk to four periods of combined classes, my subject being the first battle of the American Revolutionary War in Lexington, Massachusetts . I […]

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I RESIGN

“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin “I resign.” Those were the words of Derek Gordon in a terse certified letter to the Grand Lodge of Arkansas. No long drawn out accusations, no reprimands, no recrimination, just “I resign.”Faced with what he felt was a rigged kangaroo […]

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Lest We Forget

Ohio Grand Master Terry W. Posey has posted on his blog some more reasons  for Ohio’s decision regarding former West Virginia Grand Master Frank Haas. Let us not forget the issues in this case and become so caught up in protocol and procedure that we forget about civil and human rights, inalienable rights given to […]

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