Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode, Refreshment, was first published in December of 1936, and is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy. A Masonic Lodge is either, open, at refreshment, or closed. Here we find a most thorough discussion of the second of these states, and one that should be at home in Lodges everywhere; in YOUR Lodge. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin was first published in May of 1939, and is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy. This episode also contains a picture, which is the composite of the faces of some 150 Master Masons. Do share this Podcast episode and this picture with your brothers and your Lodge, and you may find some familiar things about this face.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November of 1955, and is by an unknown author. It has been said that as spiritual beings, we are all but beggars, showing other beggars where to find food. It is in this spirit that this episode is presented. Please do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and was first published in June of 1939. My Lodge has done so much for me; what can I do for my Lodge? This question may cross the mind of every Mason, and here are presented but a few suggestions. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

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 David Asherman, Freeport #23, Maine. At the outset of WWII, the MSA put plans to work to bring Masonry and her Right Hand Of Fellowship to service members, no matter where their home Lodge was, and the MSA was the agent by which all Grand Jurisdictions extended Masonry th...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was first published in June of 1942. There is a notable and precise difference between the tangible and the intangible. Here we find Bro Claudy’s thoughts on the application of this idea to the Craft. 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 1989 by Bro George S. Graffen, PDGM – Scotland, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PDER 14, Maine. The Master Mason degree is called the Sublime Degree for good reason. Even if you have heard this STB before, not all of your brothers have, and it is widely held that every Master Mason is benefitted every time this sto...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November of 1959, and is by an unknown author. What is it about Freemasonry that draws so many intelligent, thoughtful men to her doors? Here we have an excellent discussion of this very topic, and one that is as timely and timeless as we have come to expect. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with yo...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in December of 1931, and is brought to us by RW Bro Dex Rowe, PDDGM 8th – VT. In Freemasonry the world over, the Volume of Sacred Law is open to three distinct places, according to the degree that the Lodge is open and doing work in. Here we have an excellent discussion of these readings, and one that should be familiar t...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in January of 1967, and was written by RW Ill Bro Louis L. Williams, 33rd, PGO – IL. In our profession as Masons, we recognize that we are all sons of one Father, and all of who and what we are derives from that one statement. Here we find an excellent discussion about the spiritual origins of Freemasonry, and where we ar...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in December of 1966, is by an unknown author, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick, Maine. What were your expectations when you joined Freemasonry? What were Freemasonry’s expectations of you? Here we find an excellent discussion of these two topics, and how we, as Freemasons, suppor...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in May of 1961, and was written by MW Bro W. Wallace Kent, PGM – Michigan. Here we find an excellent discussion involving the pursuit of Freedom in America and around the world, and one worth the listen for all Freemasons. 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 2012 by Ill Bro Larry Jacobsen, 33rd, PM Shiloh Lodge #327, Omaha NE, and is brought to us by Ill Bro Lee Terry, 33rd, also of Omaha NE. So what, you might ask. An American diplomat encounters a French philosopher, both renowned in their own fields of endeavor. But it was Freemasonry that brought these two together, and here we find...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in January of 1960, and was written by MW Bro Clyde E. Hegman, PGM – MN. One quality found among Masons is integrity, and not integrity of the part-time variety. Here we find an excellent discussion about the roles we play as individuals in the continuation of the whole of the Craft. Enjoy, and do share this and all of th...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in February of 1963, is by an unknown authore, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. The idea of Perfection is as old as the intellect of mankind, and here we find an excellent discussion of how it relates to the gentle Craft of Freemasonry. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Pod...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro William Mosley Brown, PGM – VA. “To be good men and true” is arguably the first lesson taught to our new initiates. Let us work as though all depends on us, and let us pray as if all depends on God. 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 first published in January of 1966, and is by an unknown author. Here we have an excellent discussion of that word, Horizontals, that comes up several times throughout the three Blue Lodge degrees, and well worth the speculation. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren,, for this special episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast, written in 1924 by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, I give you these inspiring words from Founding Father John Adams: “ On the night of the 2nd of July, 1776, Founding Father John Adams wrote an eloquent and prescient letter to his beloved Abigail. His words ring true today:The second day of July, 1776, will be the most me...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November of 1926, by an unknown author. Is too much emphasis placed on ritual, and not the higher things of Freemasonry? Here we find an excellent discussion of this very topic, as relevant today as it was all those years ago. 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 first published in January of 1926, is by an unknown author, and is brought to us by RW Bro Peter Cutler, PDDGM 14th, Maine. Here, we reach back to a time when King Tut’s tomb was first opened after 3000 years. This was of enormous historical importance, and also an opportunity for Masons to reflect upon what we have inherited from the p...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in July of 1936, and is by an unknown author, although suspicion points to Bro Carl Claudy. Here we have an interesting discussion of that peculiar part of Freemasonry that hearkens back to the days of human foundation sacrifices. 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 January of 1974 by Bro Ronald E. Heaton, and is brought to us by Bro Daniel Margasa of Amity Mosaic Lodge in Danvers, Mass. Our brother Franklin stands among the greatest of our gentle Craft, yet also on the level among us, and here we find an excellent thumbnail of a man who volumes could be written about. Enjoy, and do share this...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode, Mathematics, was first published in November of 1925. Freemasonry uses mathematical symbols as well as natural ones in her ritual, from the number 3 all the way through the 47th problem of Euclid. Here, we find an interesting discussion of our uses, as well as those of the profane world. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in May of 1925, and is by an unknown author. What has Masonry done for me? May each brother ask this of himself, and be encouraged and empowered by the answer. Here we find just such an examination, and all of the brothers who heard it were all still weary from the Great War, and looking for encouragement. May this offer today...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in March of 1966, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick, ME. Here we find one side of an imagined conversation, and as relevant and timely today as it ever was. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brother and your Lodge.