When I first started expressing myself in Freemasonry the medium that I used was the one which all the great old Masters of Masonic scholarship used – the word, the printed word. So I wrote many words, words of explaining, of informing, of changing, of reform – so many words. Isn’t that what every Masonic […]
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Shot From The Cannon – David Naughton-Shires And The Masonic Art Exchange
If I were to tell you that there is a man raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in 2007 who has in just a short period of time started a Masonic organization with a newsletter which has exploded with membership overnight beyond his wildest dreams, who is writing a novel, producing a graphic […]
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Where Were You First Made A Mason? – An Answer To Fundamentalists
Me: Bill, I had a great time this weekend with my Lodge. We went out to Union Park with our families and had a big BBQ. The swimming was good and the food was great. But the best time was just sitting under the shade tree and reminiscing with old and new friends. Bill: You […]
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Steve McKim is a Master of Masonic art and he designs many good presentations. One of his latest works is called Masonic Dreams. And from that collection here is characterization of a good friend. You can see much of the rest of McKim’s artwork Stop and browse awhile. If you ever do a Masonic presentation […]
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A printed media distributed over a wide area of Georgia called The Sunday Paper has published a long story on the Gate City Lodge 2 situation titled, “Letting In A Black Man, Atlanta Freemason Lodge Fights For Equality.” The paper tells the story of Victor Marshall the soft spoken Black Army Reservist raised by Gate […]
Continue readingGrand Lodge Grab For Power, The Aftermath of Georgia
The immense silence you hear from Georgia these days is the result of the charges being dropped against the Worshipful Master for admitting a non White but it is still not clear to me whether charges still remain against the Lodge. The charges were dropped because of the intercession of a Brother outside the jurisdiction […]
Continue readingMore Peach Publicity – The Gates Are Open
I have been saying for years that if we don’t police ourselves, Freemasonry will wake up some day and find some national print media will sensationalize a provocative, blaring story on the Black discrimination in the Craft and it will wish it had done something about it before hand. That time is now upon us. […]
Continue readingGeorgia News, Georgia Blues
Late breaking news from the Georgia situation proves that this controversy will not be quietly fading into oblivion. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has picked up the story and it’s only a matter of time before other papers and media also latch onto it. In a show of solidarity Mt. Rushmore Lodge #220 of the Grand […]
Continue reading2009 Prince Hall Texas Grand Lodge Session
I always enjoy attending Grand Lodge Session at The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas. We meet twice per year, a four day session in the summer and a two day gathering in the winter. This year the summer session ran from Thursday June 25th through Sunday June 28th. I was only able […]
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Grand Master Wilbert M. Curtis
The Honorable Wilbert M. Curtis, Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas, is the type of person not usually found in the Grand East. He is not loud or flamboyant or a braggadocio. He is a quiet, gentle man who leads his Grand Lodge with kindness and thoughtfulness. Oh, don’t get me […]
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