Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Walter MacDougal, PGM – ME, and is brought to us by MW Bro Jeffry Simonton, GM – ME. The question arises: why do men come to our west gate, become Masons, and never return? How does the Craft welcome and include new members […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by MW Bro Jeffry Simonton, GM – ME. Here we find an excellent discussion of that instrument, introduced in the EA degree, that our ancient brethren used to measure and lay out their work. We, of […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in October 1960. This is not the first time that this episode has appeared in this Podcast, and it will not be the last, because the lessons contained in this most important of our working tools deserves frequent […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, first published in June 1967. This is the second STB that celebrates the events surrounding our independence, and how it relates to Freemasonry. So, without further ado, enjoy, and let Freedom ring! Please do share this and all of these Podcast […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Walter H. Brown, Past Grand Orator of the GL of IL, and is brought to us by WBro Michael Blum, DRI 14th ME and PM of Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The “furthermores” which we took while kneeling at the Masonic altar with […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by Bro Chad Lacek. Here we find an excellent discussion of some of the things Bro Lacek has learned in his many years in the Craft, presented in no particular order. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Chad Lacek, Dundee Lodge #190, Carpentersville IL. What Freemasonry omits is often as interesting as what it includes. Masonry was built on, in, around, and beside many buildings, not just […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is condensed from a paper presented by WBro Alan E. Roberts to the Conference On Masonic Education, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. We CAN do it. We can take the men who come to our door seeking Light, and turn […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episodes was written by MW Bro Donald M. Severson, PGM – MN. Every Master Mason is familiar with the phrase, “…in order that I might receive Master’s wages, to better support my wife and family, and contribute to the relief of a distressed worthy Master mason, his widow and […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in July 1949. This justly famous elaboration of the Prestonian lecture upon Geometry, part of the Fellowcraft degree, is less well known to present day Masons than it’s poetical content deserves. Mackie mistakenly attributes the authorship to […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. It is remarkable that the fires of war have not always been hot enough to burn away Masonic obligations and brotherhood.. These six tales will undoubtedly […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr and Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and first sent to all constituent Lodges of all of the member jurisdictions in May 1924. Along with the square, the compasses are one of our oldest symbols, and represents more and more as it is revealed throughout […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr and Bro Joseph Fort Newton and was first published in February 1925. In this season of renewal, let us take a look back at one of the fundamental symbols of our gentle Craft, and remind ourselves whence we came. Enjoy, and do […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1980 by WBro Harry M. Lehrbach, editor of the Masonic Tribune in Seattle. At the time of his writing, WBro Lehrbach was struggling with the question of “Why?” with respect to his own Masonic journey. Besides being well worth the listen, this may shed some light on your own reasons for continuing to be a Mason. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Donald W. Hensiak, PGM – WI, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM 0 United #8, Brunswick ME. With the advent of a new year, many of us will be moving to different chairs in our Lodges, whether that be moving up the line or covering a vacant chair, and with this comes new parts of the ritual for us to learn. Here, we find an excellent discussion of our memorization, and why we do it. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1924. We are all pilgrims travelling through time. As we reflect on the year past and anticipate the year to come, let us hear these timeless words that our brothers of 1924 heard, read aloud in Lodge, as relevant today as ever. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with everyone you know, and have a happy and joyous New Year.

Brethren, as has become traditional at this time of year, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Dr Bro Joseph L. Blau in remembrance of his father. May we all receive the gift of Emmanu El, God with us, this season. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1975 by Rev Bro Oscar Alan Gwyn. On this winter Feast of St. John the Evangelist, let us remember why each of our Saints John so well represent the duality of our efforts in the Craft. While St. John the Baptist represents the fiery call to action (summer), St. John the Evangelist represents the contemplative writer and knowledge of faith (winter). Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW B. Stuart Parker, PGM – Manitoba, and was first delivered to a Communication of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota. Here, MW Bro Parker should like to attempt to sketch out his concept of the true heart of the Fraternity, the source of the power that Freemasonry has to develop such an intense loyalty in the hearts of the husbands and fathers and sons who are its members. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Conrad Hahn, and first published in December 1964. In the Entered Apprentice degree, brotherly love, relief, and truth are described as the Tenets of the Fraternity, and this Bulletin is meant to instruct us about the second of these, Relief. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge, and do make this second tenet a rule and guide for your conduct.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Bro Harold L. Schieck, PGCh – PA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Every Mason is asked this question as part of the initiatory degree. Here is the story of one man, and the impact this question had upon his life. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your LOdge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in December 1926. Here we find an imaginative tale of the WM of a small country Lodge, who is dissatisfied with the seeming unimportance of his Lodge in the community, and the testimonies of community members who think otherwise. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn and first published in January 1964. The assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963 was a national tragedy that stunned the world. We mourned. Here we find a stirring acknowledgement of our role as Masons: to pick ourselves up and get to work. It seems that these words might have some moment for us today. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by MW Bro George Braatz, PGM and PGS – OH, as well as Past Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of North America. Here we find an excellent discussion of two four-letter words that are important to Masons. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.