Masonry Will Contribute to “Habits of the Heart”
Watching a recently posted Masonic YouTube video led me to write the following. Sorry if it is somewhat academic, but the subject matter is relevant if you are looking for answers to why you might find it difficult to attract men to join your lodge and Masonry. Why...
Do I Feel Safe & Do I Feel I Belong?
I have followed the Gallup organization’s annual employee engagement survey for several years. Gallup says, “This survey measures the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in both their work and workplace.” So, the happier and more fulfilled the employees...
Inspiration For the New Year from Brother Edgar A Guest
Last week my wife showed me a short video of a football coach reading an inspirational poem to his team and that poem was penned by Brother Edgar Albert Guest. Brother Guest moved from England in 1891 with his family to Detroit, Michigan, where he lived until he died....
Most Worshipful Brother Carter’s Shibboleth – Be Legendary
On the left is Most Worshipful Brother Carter's pin. It has a unique design and has some meaningful symbolism. Click on the pin to understand the meaning behind the design.The newly installed Grand Master of Ohio. William M. Carter, III, has adopted the words Be...
Display Your Masonic Values to the World on Thursday, October 17th.
One of my purposes for continuing to write 365aMason is to make all Masons aware that unless we display, by our actions, our values to others, then we have failed to promote the fraternity in a way that preserves its reputation, honor, and welfare. This Thursday,...
The Power of a Man on the Moon Mindset
I recently watched the movie First Man, about Neil Armstrong and the United States' achievement of landing men on the moon and safely returning them to Earth. This movie reminded me of the tremendous effort undertaken to meet the challenge President John F. Kennedy...
A Greek System of Education for Masons?
Paideia (pi-daya) is the classical Greek system of education and training, which came to include gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, poetry, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, astronomy and the physical sciences, history of society and ethics, and philosophy....
Are Your Words Consistent with the Art of Rhetoric?
This past week, I read an opinion expressed about a speaker's content at a university’s commencement speech. The writer used the word rhetor. The word rhetor shares the same roots as rhetoric. Rhetoric, as we know, is the art of using language to affect audiences,...
Brother Teddy Roosevelt and “The Mark of a Mason”
I am reading a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, who served as Director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972. The book mentions a supposed crisis among young men in the early 1900s. There was a concern that they were not developing to be manly enough. Congress...
Why is Silence Golden? Practicing The Art of Masonic Silence
If you use or read on social media at all, it is hard to ignore some people's accusatory and, sometimes, blatantly unintelligent statements. When I started using social media to disseminate Masonic and leadership information, I chose not to engage in online shouting...
