On January 8th, the Grand Master of North Carolina issued a statement speaking against (in his words) the “domestic terror attack on the United States Capitol building”. The full text of that statement can be found here. On January 10th, the Grand Master of Wisconsin issued a similar statement. Bro. Chris Hodapp covered both statements … Continue reading Grand Master Statements on the Capitol Insurrection
What goes wrong with prompting and how to improve it in your lodge Continue reading Prompting
What 2020 looked like to me in Freemasonry Continue reading 2020 in Masonry, one Review
How do ritual practices create meaning, and how does that interact with psychology? Continue reading Mind Maps: Impacts of Ritual and Symbolism
Recently, the Whence Came You podcast put out an episode called Selling Freemasonry, which was a discussion with Scott Dueball and Guide Sobecki about the marketing aspects of Freemasonry. The full audio of the original episode can be found here. Summary The contributors covered points and topics which included: Lack of agreement about what the … Continue reading Selling Freemasonry
How to promote agreement in lodge, and how you can disagree and stay in harmony at the same time Continue reading “The Dues are Too Damn High”: Disagreeing Skillfully
How the original masons proved their cleverness with security, and how modern computing follows cues from medieval stone masons. Continue reading Masonic Security: Prove Yourself
I’m writing this early in the morning of Election Day 2020 in the United States. This post is not going to be about political opinions, but about how they affect us, and today is the most salient day to bear this in mind, as we end a divisive & difficult season with hopes of more … Continue reading What Politics Draws Out of Us
What works in Masonry and how do we know? Continue reading Data Driven Masonry
How far do membership requirements go? What would cause you to black ball a candidate? Continue reading Can Pastafarians be Freemasons?
