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Promoting Morality

BRYCE ON LIFE – Some suggestions. For several years, the Gallup organization has been monitoring and measuring morality in our country. One glaring statistic always jumps out at me, specifically Americans believe morality is in decline and our values are changing. There may be several causes for this, such as the decline of organized religion, the […]

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Masonic Books A-G

Books by Author: A-G | Books by Author: H-M | Books by Author: N-Z [one-half-first] The Temple and the Lodge Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh Coauthors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh recount the events that led to the strange and sudden disappearance of the Knights Templar in the fourteenth century […]

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Why I No Longer Attend Lodge

I haven’t attended Lodge in quite some time, at least a year and a half. This is quite unusual for someone who devoted his first fifteen years actively participating in Lodge affairs, not just my own, but at the district, zone, and state level. I stopped going when it became blatantly obvious Freemasonry was operating […]

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The Perils of not Knowing Your Responsibilities

BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT – “Nobody is driving officer, we’re all in the back seat.” I recently read an interesting survey made by the Gallup organization titled, “Obsolete Annual Reviews: Gallup’s Advice” (Sep 28, 2015), which studied how cognizant workers are of their assigned duties and responsibilities. Interestingly, they found only 50% really understood this. The […]

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“Win/Win” – the mark of a true Fraternity.

Some Freemasons question why I post management topics in this forum. They find it difficult to understand what can be achieved by writing on such topics. I do so because I believe there are a lot of Freemasons who can learn from the world of management. To illustrate, consider the works of W. Edwards Deming, […]

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Support Your Local Sheriff

BRYCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT – and all other Law Enforcement Officers (LEO). How can we show our appreciation?To use this segment in a Radio broadcast or Podcast, send TIM a request. Law enforcement officers (LEO) have had a rough year. Between their normal duties and responsibilities, which vary greatly and can be dangerous, they have […]

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Individualism versus Teamwork

BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT– Does your Lodge operate as a team or as a group of individuals? INTRODUCTION As you travel around corporate America these days, you hear a lot about “teams”; that groups, departments or whole divisions are trying to behave more as a team as opposed to a group of individuals. Its the latest […]

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THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS (a short story)

BRYCE ON LIFECan it be expressed as a calculation? It had been three years since Joshua Steivenson’s father passed away, yet the son was still cleaning out his father’s belongings. The old wooden house in Buffalo, New York was built in the 1930’s. Years ago, the cellar included an ancient coal furnace and chute, typical […]

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Why Oldsters are Mean

BRYCE ON SENIORS– And, No, we’re not like this all the time. There is a general stereotype of senior citizens in this country whereby they are commonly described as either mean, cantankerous, grumpy, crotchety, irritable, impatient, sour, aloof or acerbic. There are reasons for this, most of which are caused by changing physical conditions. Allow […]

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9-11 REMEMBERED

BRYCE ON LIFE – Today’s high school seniors were just four at the time.To use this segment in a Radio broadcast or Podcast, send TIM a request. There have been a handful of epochal events over the years where someone might ask, “Where were you when this or that happened?” For example, Pearl Harbor, the […]