Bloke
Premium Member
Loved his closing sentence
http://www.thelaudablepursuit.com/articles/2015/8/2/mediocrity-in-masonry-shame-on-us
http://www.thelaudablepursuit.com/articles/2015/8/2/mediocrity-in-masonry-shame-on-us
So is mediocrity to be fixed by:
- high fees
- good food
- rigorous ritual?
A local lodge tried that but only lasted a few years.
Having a shiny wrapper does not guarantee that the parcel is of any value.
So is mediocrity to be fixed by:
- high fees
- good food
- rigorous ritual?
A local lodge tried that but only lasted a few years.
Having a shiny wrapper does not guarantee that the parcel is of any value.
Would you like to say how you do that?
There are so many organizations that promote similar values that that may be difficult to answer in many lodges.
Would you like to say how you do that?.
I can remember 5 or 6 of those meetings at one lodge. Attendance at those lodge nights tends to be low as nothing useful seems to emerge.
The core problem is knowing what Masonry really is and how to deliver that.
I recall a friend belonging to another fraternal body who dreamed that their lodge was a soup kitchen. Lots of people came for soup but very few wanted to know how to make it.
So who knows how to make Masonic soup? (Cue for frivolous remarks)
So why cannot Masonry make Masons good enough to be leaders?
That is what we pride ourselves upon. Is something missing?
The way I see it is that masonry have several components, all necesssry but none of them are sufficient by thenselves. The fraternal spirit is one such component, the ritual is another, etc.The core problem is knowing what Masonry really is and how to deliver that.
I recall a friend belonging to another fraternal body who dreamed that their lodge was a soup kitchen. Lots of people came for soup but very few wanted to know how to make it.
So who knows how to make Masonic soup? (Cue for frivolous remarks)
My lodges do make good leaders.
My mentor taught me well
In the simplest of terms, it is either something external to myself or internal to myself. If I chose to believe that it is external to me I have very little power to change or improve it. If I chose to believe that it is something internal to myself I am the only one who can change it. This is why I always look for the problem inside myself first. If the meeting is dull it is because I have failed to offer something interesting. In many ways the man who takes responsibility is the man who has the power to change the situation.So what makes some ritual events feel vibrant and others not?
I've never found Masonry or Masons to be mediocre. Freemasonry however does lend itself to mediocre Freemasons quite well.There is no mediocrity in Masonry only mediocre Masons
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Yeah it is! I was always more comfortable in that smaller room, though I loved having the big one to myself some evenings. A lot of good memories and bittersweet reminders in that room.The other lodge here ...its all business all the time!
Yes. Yes I do. U know what i mean?U know what i mean @coachn