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Bruce Springsteen

Brothers, I have hired and fired my own friends and family members during my years of owning a small town newspaper. I have been asked to recommend friends for awards and recognition. I have hired strangers. My recommendation to my fellow brothers who are asked to recommend a brother for a job...

The following I received from R.W. Bro. Ed Halpaus, the education officer of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota. It is taken from an Old Tiler Talks.... DIFFERENT KINDS OF MASONS "I'm almost through!" The New Brother displayed a sheaf of dues cards to the Old Tiler. "Soon I will have joined them...

History of the World, Part 1 NEXT MOVIE QUOTE: "This is what you get for spilling the paint in the garage. Do I stutter?"

Brother Garner, Thanks for sharing that speech. I think that if each of us takes a Leadership position in the Lodge, then we will see a surge of growth in our numbers. Leadership does not require a jewel or a station in the Lodge, but an attitude of ownership and pride. Getting together a group...

Brother Mark, You will want to contact the Secretary of your current home lodge for a Certificate of Good Standing as a starting point. The Secretary will either send the Certificate of Good Standing to you directly or to the Secretary of the Lodge to which you want to petition. Within the...

Brothers, While trying to figure out for myself why southern Masonry has seemed to be so recalcitrant in recognizing Prince Hall Masonry, I came across this link: http://www.tsmr.org/ph.html I think if a brother scans down the long list of quotations, he will find the root: racism, pure and...

To have a Masonic funeral, you must let your family and your Lodge know ahead of time. I have a wonderful booklet that I downloaded from the Texas Grand Lodge website about Masonic funerals, a pre-planning booklet. If any of you brothers are interested in it, contact me or find it at the GL...

These are great teaching tools. I went through both when I was a young Mason. I found out recently that our lodge had allowed the programs to drift out of importance. I volunteered to take over as the counselor in charge because I strongly feel that they make better Masons and better officers...

There is no "proper" way to wear the ring. "Masonry and The Mason," a Texas GL publication, has a passage on the ring. The ring is not what makes a man a Mason. His behavior is what does it. In that pamphlet is a brief explanation about how a brother could wear his and why he might wear...

NO. Masonry is not intended for everyone. Nor is it meant to be easy. The work is a struggle because it MEANS SOMETHING. An official codebook would be a violation of our most sacred trust. Some brothers look at the difficulty of the work in this way: we are trying to keep good men out of...

I want some day to be the Old Tiler..... they seem to be our conscious and memory. I love the Old Tiler talks that come across my email and attention periodically.

Brother, It is a GREAT thing that fathers and sons can be Brothers as well. I hope someday my son will ask. My nephew has and I was so fortunate to have conferred his FC and MM degrees. I was Senior Deacon on his EA degree. While I was Master of our Lodge in Salado, we had a Grandfather...

I think for men who are elderly, this is a great gift. For young men, an Endowed Membership is a cheap way out of paying our dues. I do not have an Endowed Membership. I pay the $60 per year. Our small lodge has a high percentage of 50 year members and endowed members, so we struggle along...

I asked about the Lodge because I kept coming across the names of men who were Masons doing good things in the community. I own a small town newspaper and these men kept coming up through the newspaper for volunteering here and doing good things there. When the WM came in to the newspaper to...

Brothers, As a candidate, I would say the EA degree because it was so completely new to me. I had a great team of men give me all three degrees. I was fortunate enough this year to confer the Master's degree on my young (20 year old) nephew. What a pleasure and honor for me! It seems...

Taylor is still a rural community, in my opinion, and in possession of one of the best barbecue joints in Texas, if not the entire free world. Louis Muellers rocks!

This is a great website. Thanks to the brothers who host and update it. Another great source of information is this: lodgebuilder.org Also, if any of you are interested, there are some electronic newsletters that I receive once a week from the Education Officer of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota...

Brothers, I chose "advertise," because I wear a ring. I will gladly speak to anyone who asks me about Masonry. I am very proud of being accepted into a Fraternity that includes George Washington and Sam Houston among its members. I DON'T RECRUIT. I truly believe in the passage of scripture...