Masons like to acknowledge its notable membership. We are constantly reminded of the super stars of Famous Freemasons which include George Washington, Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, John Wayne, and Buzz Aldrin just to name a few. But, Freemasonry stretches much deeper into the soil of Americana and besides the heavy-weights there are many less well […]
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BSA 100 – Lessons in Organization
The Boy Scouts of America in three parts:Part I – Being a Boy Scout | Part II – Masonic Origins? | Part III – Organization Having looked at the past 100 years of the Boy Scouts, it is important to spend some time on their organization so as to put into perspective how it operates […]
Continue readingTo gaze into the abyss…
We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them. Felix Adler We Will Never Forget “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. […]
Continue readingBSA 100 – Origins Scouting and Masonry
The Boy Scouts of America in three parts:Part I – Being a Boy Scout | Part II – Origins | Part III – Organization There are many stories about how the Boy Scouts came into existence: Unknown Scouts on foggy London streets, clubs organized for wayward boys, or alternative organizations to an increasingly urbanized way […]
Continue readingBSA100 – Boy Scouts of America, 100 Years of Being Prepared.
The Boy Scouts of America in three parts:Part I – Being a Boy Scout | Part II – Origins | Part III – Organization 2010 marked a significant milestone in the lives of young men all across the continent as the Boys Scouts of America celebrated its 100th Anniversary. Started in 1906 the Boy Scouts, […]
Continue readingThe Backyard Freemason
The Backyard Freemason, also known as Kerry Shirts, has been posting videos several months on You Tube and with a wealth of them on there now, I struck me to post some up and share them with a wider audience. The author of the video is a relatively “young” mason but is already well steeped […]
Continue readingBurn a Koran Day with the Dove World Outreach Center
This event has been canceled – Follow the story about how the Fla. pastor will ‘not today, not ever’ burn Quran, from the Washington Post . I want to start this with the question I finish this piece with: Are YOU ruled by your passions? Dove World Outreach Center, a New Testament Church based in […]
Continue readingCordoba House – Religious Expression or gross insult?
Surly by now you have heard about the proposal to construct an Islamic Mosque and cultural center near to the Ground Zero site in New York City. The proposal has passed a litany of hurdles already, and garnered the approval of both Mayor Michael Bloomburg and President Obama. Yet, many still have strong emotions and […]
Continue readingSo What? The Dynamic of Masonic Membership.
The following was originally published in 2007. It is one of several essays in the book Masonic Traveler, where you can find a more refined and extended version of this missive. Since this original publication in 2007, the dialog increased only to taper off again to a quiet whisper, if heard anywhere at all. In […]
Continue readingRick Ross’s Free Mason = Fraternal Shark Jump?
The new song from Rick Ross featuring Jay-Z off the Teflon Don Album. I’ll let the song and lyrics speak for themselves. Free Mason. I get that Free masonry is deep in the pocket of material culture, and that it has a variety of meanings all around, but rapper Rick Ross has adapted Freemasonry’s other […]
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