Don’t sit alone in the dark – where to go for your Freemasonry fix
As the social distancing and self-quarantines stretch on, Freemasons are feeling the itch to get out and have some fellowship with their brothers. While not quite the same as sitting around a table and...
View ArticleConnecticut beats the virus by going virtual
According to an upcoming article in The Connecticut Freemasons Magazine, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut will be the first US Grand Lodge to charter an all-internet based lodge. According to the article...
View ArticleFreemasons to watch Area 51 Run with alien friends, technology
Alexandria, VA — The Connecticut Freemasons Magazine has learned that a number of prominent Freemasons from around the US and Canada, including some from Connecticut, will be on hand to watch the...
View ArticleGrand Lodge of California drops recognition of Grand Lodge of Connecticut...
Most of you will remember that early in February, Connecticut Freemasons woke up to discover that there now is actually a correct answer to the age-old question of which way to wear one’s ring. The...
View ArticleGrand Lodges need to respond to potential new threat
Most of you are probably aware that the social media world has been rocked by the news that Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google have been secretly recording our voices and using that information to...
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Claims Adjustment
Anyone who has been paying to US political news for the last year or so knows that 2016 was a particularly divisive national election year, and that 2017 has been pretty much one “crisis” after...
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I, for one, welcome our new Masonic Media overlords.
Many of you have already heard about this, but I figured it’s worth mentioning anyway: Most of the older blogs by Freemasons have been bought up by the growing internet news outlet, Masonic Newswire...
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Uncivil Unrest
II. Of the CIVIL MAGISTRATES supreme and subordinate. A Mason is a peaceable Subject to the Civil Powers, wherever he resides or works, and is never to be concern’d in Plots and Conspiracies against...
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Darkness Falls
This being St. John’s Day, I thought it appropriate to mention a few things. First, this is typically the time that lodges in the Northeast US “go dark” for the summer. Now, there’s some disagreement...
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Do you even lift, bro?
There was a period about six or seven years ago in which I cut back on attending lodge and Masonic events to focus on my business and health; you know, those “usual vocations” that they talk about in...
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The pot calling the kettle black: Part 3
Note: This is the third of a three-part article from a brother who wishes to remain anonymous. The online discussions of the past few weeks prompted him to write about his experiences, and what he...
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For Freemasons, Is Banning Gays Or Being Gay Un-Masonic? : NPR
Those members who keep insisting that we “shouldn’t air our dirty laundry in public” probably aren’t pleased with this NPR story. But the fact is that by squashing discussion about some of these...
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The pot calling the kettle black: Part 2
Note: This is the second of a three-part article from a brother who wishes to remain anonymous. The online discussions of the past few weeks prompted him to write about his experiences, and what he...
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there is a reaction
The Grand Lodge of Tennessee, the other major player in the situation currently unfolding in US Freemasonry, issued their response to the suspension of fraternal relations by the Grand Lodges of...
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For every action…
The Grand Lodge of Georgia has responded to the suspension of recognition by the Grand Lodges of California, Washington DC, and others. The more salient points are these: Georgia is not reciprocating...
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The pot calling the kettle black: Part 1
Note: This is the first of a three-part article from a brother who wishes to remain anonymous. The online discussions of the past few weeks prompted him to write about his experiences, and what he...
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Shots fired! GL CA suspends recognition with GA and TN
From a Facebook post this morning: By letter of March 7, 2016, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California has suspended recognition of the Grand Lodges Georgia and Tennessee until the next...
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Pitchforks into ploughshares
Freemasons that have been online in the last few weeks have been discussing the news item that the Grand Lodge of Tennessee expelled two active members of the fraternity for the presumed violation of...
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Tidings from the West
This evening, the news began to spread around the Masonic internet haunts about the message from M. David Perry, Grand Master of Masons in California. I received several from brothers who were proud,...
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