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He sounds as thought he may be a spiritual person with a very different belief system. I certainly wouldn't hold it against him as we are supposed to be tolerant of one another. I agree with having him give you sources. If there is a way to direct his creativity then he may possibly provide...

I'm glad to hear everything went well!

Nice! The second one is my favorite.

Generally speaking, if it's considered a felony (which I have no clue about possession) then it can be much harder to join (in some jurisdictions it's an outright 'no'). Lesser charges can also weigh against you but it's still much better to be forthright and honest. I hope that helps.

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I'd look at what he claims his intentions to be. Ideally he would be a shaker thats willing to challenge the status quo. Sent from my SM-T210R using My Freemasonry mobile app

But only if they are already good men. We take good men and make them better but we don't rehabilitate bad or ok men into good men. Guarding the west gate means that we make quality members a priority over quantity. We go about this at my lodge by being very thorough in our investigation...

It's a shame I can't 'like' your post because I was thinking the same thing. :)

I was pretty underwhelmed when I attended my first stated meeting as well. I was doing my work 7-8 years ago, about the same time as Bro Stewart and I was among some of the first EAs that were allowed to sit in on a stated meeting as well. I think this tells us a few things though, foremost...

Re: What would you like to see changed in the Maso Its been my understanding that a lodge can hold as many fundraisers as they like. We are only limited to two raffles a year and that has to do with state law.

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this, I'll be bookmarking it. :)

I feel I should also mention that our lodge also sells BBQ. We do it during a local event called Antique Alley as the chief money maker for our blue lodge. It's quite profitable and we only have to do it twice a year but smoking BBQ is very expensive and time consuming, not to mention selling it.

If you're concerned about any of it's contents conflicting with your faith, family, country, etc. then I can assure you there is nothing in the oaths/obligations that will do so. To answer your question more directly however, yes they are secret. You could possibly find them somewhere if...

Thanks for the link brother, I'll listen to it sometime soon. I love Art of Manliness, I'm surprised I haven't seen this before. I got a lot of amusement just from reading the comment section this time. :)

Re: What would you like to see changed in the Maso I agree and disagree. People don't have any more or less time than they did several decades ago. I know here in rural Texas we once had farmers than tended the Earth from sunup to sundown but they still made it a priority to get to lodge. I...

We are looking at holding a mud run to raise money for our Chapter and Council.