tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post4072913815957449679..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: "That which was lost..."Christopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-9917165791374738532017-06-12T14:35:20.941-04:002017-06-12T14:35:20.941-04:00I'm a PM in the jurisdiction you mention, and ...I'm a PM in the jurisdiction you mention, and I have *never* heard anyone praise this program. I suspect that the Deputy GM will kill it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996895060674984392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-89165886637388500242017-06-06T13:37:12.590-04:002017-06-06T13:37:12.590-04:00Pennsylvania is a a Great Jurisdiction with outsta...Pennsylvania is a a Great Jurisdiction with outstanding leadership and a beautiful ritual and a strong Brotherhood. Please stop this unfair criticism. I'm asking nicely. I will not see the Grand Lodge wronged without saying something here. You guys are out of line and really need to stop. Please.mr. parmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501906006295105507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-57111326462720532192017-06-05T01:57:10.454-04:002017-06-05T01:57:10.454-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ethan Harrison Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293482430311454576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-32660671116983268472017-06-05T01:41:08.117-04:002017-06-05T01:41:08.117-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ethan Harrison Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293482430311454576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-79995621348151216492017-06-04T17:34:53.954-04:002017-06-04T17:34:53.954-04:00"The office of Grand Master of Masons has exi..."The office of Grand Master of Masons has existed from the very origin of the institution; for it has always been necessary that the Fraternity should have a presiding head."<br /><br />"There have been periods in the history of the institution when neither Deputies nor Grand Wardens are mentioned, but there is no time in its existence when it was without a Grand Master....The office is one of great honor as well as power, and has generally been conferred upon some individual distinguished by an influential position in society; so that his rank and character might reflect credit upon the Craft."<br /><br />By Albert G Mackey, M.D. 33rd Degree. Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-7862122932108782922017-06-04T15:20:49.778-04:002017-06-04T15:20:49.778-04:00As Thomas Paine opined "What we obtain too ch...As Thomas Paine opined "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Lou Devillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213402412167617443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-76370205562105847022017-06-04T05:52:40.145-04:002017-06-04T05:52:40.145-04:00Freemasonry existed before Grand Masters or Grand ...Freemasonry existed before Grand Masters or Grand Lodges. Our strength is in the local lodge and in its relationship with its community. If the community thinks well of and supports their local lodge, then that lodge will flourish. Freemasonry has gotten uppity. We espouse a bunch of values that we don't live by. We act like we are above the "Profane" even though they are the only ones who will save our dying institution. We glorify these useless Grand whatevers when they do very little but embarrass us publicly. I can't go a week without reading about some Grand fool tarnishing the reputation of Freemasonry. We neglect our study and practice of the ritual, the only thing that separates us from a social club, and we induct uneducated men who have no philosophical or ethical education or interest. We have become an organization of hypocrisy and mediocrity, and speaking as a Millennial (the generation that most of the Craft derides and the only generation that can save it) I'm unimpressed. The teachings are great and the philosophy is useful, but the men who run our Craft are neither.<br /><br />Ethan CokerEthan Harrison Cokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293482430311454576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-36901735324150834002017-06-03T18:26:23.017-04:002017-06-03T18:26:23.017-04:00"Leadership is a potent combination of strate..."Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy". <br /><br />By General Schwarzkopf. <br /><br />I served proudly and happily under his command during the Gulf War.<br /><br />The office of Grand Mastership is so important a part of Freemasonry that I do not think the Craft could survive as an institution without it. But it is an elective office. <br /><br />The perceived leadership problems of some Masonic jurisdictions could be the result of a certain constituency who demands to be represented and put those same leaders (in this case, the Grand Master) in power. Sounds kind of familiar. :)Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-16506249002722353232017-06-03T17:10:15.762-04:002017-06-03T17:10:15.762-04:00Pennsylvania has done things like this for years. ...Pennsylvania has done things like this for years. Many years ago, when I signed my father's petition, it was a jacket with a square and compasses. It is just one of the things that happens.<br /><br />Fraternally,<br /><br />Frank J. Kautz, II<br />Past Master, Mt Hermon Lodge, AF&AM, Woburn, MA<br />Past Master, Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge, AF&AM, Medford, MAFrank Kautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882785814057781657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-65677628865039066802017-06-03T05:55:38.620-04:002017-06-03T05:55:38.620-04:00Our ritual compares us to the Order of the Garter,...Our ritual compares us to the Order of the Garter, which is perhaps the premier order of chivalry in the world. The Queen does not give toasters to get members. I meet new members who would not get in Rotary. The problem is the leadership. There is nothing grand about many of the grand masters. In the case of jurisdictions like Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia and so on, it is in fact an indication of a self satisfied bigot.Bro. Paul Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435030965629467739noreply@blogger.com