Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Sheldon A. Munn of LaFayette Lodge #194, Selinsgrove PA. When I contacted his Lodge, I learned that he had joined the Great Architect some years ago, but the PM and current Secretary of LaFayette Lodge #194, WBro Glen Bickhart, graciously agreed to read this […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro J. Hugo Tatsch, and is the second STB ever published, from February of 1923. Here we find discussion of one of the most influential of modern Masons; the author of the so-called Prestonian Lectures. Enjoy a scoop of our rich, Masonic history, and do […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and first published in July 1944, as the world was in the throes of WWII. In it, we are instructed about the history and significance of that most holy of places, and we are informed about why such places […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was first published in September of 1953. Here we find, from a decidedly Masonic perspective, an excellent discussion of language, history, and a silly little controversy. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro William A. Parks, Chairman of the GL of WI Committee on Masonic Education, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Here we find an excellent lecture discussing some of the fundamental teachings of the Craft. Enjoy, and do […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Conrad Hahn and first published in March 1961. “The furniture of a Lodge consists of 6 objects: 3 movable and 3 immovable.” Every Entered Apprentice hears this sentence within the lecture of the first degree, but we aren’t given instruction about how these came […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. I recently visited a Lodge a few towns away for the first time; they were giving an EA degree to a new member. There were a few […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Elbert Bede, Editor Emeritus of the Oregon Freemason, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Astronomy and Geometry are closely linked in the liberal arts and sciences of Freemasonry. The Winding Stairs lecture, and these days less so […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is adapted from a paper of the same name shared by the committee on Research and Education of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. It has been said that the purpose of Freemasonry is the pursuit […]

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 is brought to us by RW Bro Andy Caron, DDGM 14th Maine. The wages that our ancient brethren received for their work on King Solomon’s Temple are paid no more. In the Lodge, we use them as symbols, and […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by RW Bro Jeffrey Simonton, DGM – ME. The standard dictionary defines dignity: grave or noble bearing; impressiveness of character; repose and serenity of demeanor; the state or quality of being excellent, worthy, or honorable. […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by RW Bro Jeffrey Simonton, DGM – ME. To Vouch for a brother is to say, as a Master Mason, that you have sat in open Lodge with him, or you have other legal Masonic […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by RW Bro Dex Rowe, PDDGM 8th, VT. Here we find an excellent discussion of that symbol, cherished by thinking Freemasons, not as one of many, but as one to be held in tenderest thought […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Zelwyn B. Eaton, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. It is uncomfortable to consider our own demise. As Freemasons, our accepted duties are to help, aid, and assist, and there is no one who needs […]

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 Bro Lawrence Chisom, Executive director for the Masonic Home For Children, and is brought to us by WBro Jason Thompson, PM – Village #26, Bowdenham ME. The problems of drugs and abuse threaten the lives of countless children, and the mentorship program instituted by Masonry […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro John J. Robinson, author of “A Pilgrim’s Path”, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Not to spoil the surprise, but the answer, of course, is “No”. Here we find part of an excellent series of […]

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 prepared under the direction of Bro Clarence ‘Bud” Brown, president of the United States Chapel Historical Society and a member of Blanchester Lodge #191, Blanchester OH, and is brought to us by WBro W. Clayton Grimm, newly installed first time Master and 58 year-member of Village Lodge […]

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 by RW Bro Michael W. Walker, GS of the GL of Ireland, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8 ME. Upon his initiation, the brethren are assured that the candidate is living in good repute among his friends and […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast Episode is from the golden pen of Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, first published in June 1923. Freemasonry has no greater name than Robert Burns. If there are those who question his investiture as Poet Laureate of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge, owing to the absence of certain documentary […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Jeffrey Williamson, PGM – NY, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8 ME. We find ourselves at the start of a new year, and with that come new officers and new responsibilities. Some brothers serve their […]