Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1962 by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy. Symbolism is the lifeblood of Freemasonry, and here we find an excellent discussion of symbolism, starting with that oldest of human symbols: the circle. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode, author unknown, is brought to us by RW Bro Peter Cutler, PDDGM 14th, Maine. Here we find the story of America’s 29th president, whose tasks included helping the nation heal after World War I, and who was truly a Master Mason in his heart. 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 the work of Bro William K. Bissey of North Park #646, Indianapolis Indiana, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick ME. Since the earliest days of the Craft, we have referred to Deity by this allegorical name, a tradition which continues through today. Why? Listen here and find out! Enjoy, and do share this and all of...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is the work of Ill Bro Dr Norman Vincent Peale, 33rd, and is brought to us by WBro Wes Latchford, WM Atlantic #2, Norfolk VA and DER 35th – GL of VA. We all have our own stories about the meaning the Craft has brought into our lives. This is one such story, but the author’s stature in our society makes this story an especially inspirin...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Walter M. Calloway, Jr., PM – Oakland #373, Atlanta GA, and is brought to us by MW Ill Bro Clair Tusch, 33rd, PGM – Maine. If ever there was a story of Masonry that is appropriate for Valentine’s Day, this would be it. This is the story of Hon MW Bro Ralph J. Pollard and his wife, muse, and trusted assistant M...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1983 by WB Ill Alphonse Cerza, 33rd. In this month of love and valentines, is there any more appropriate topic? 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 brought to us by Bro Colin Briton, of Freeport #23 in the great State of Maine. Here we find a discussion of those unwritten rules that make Lodge life what it is, and keeps it from being what it is not. Enjoy, and do share all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

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. For uncounted thousands of years, man has endeavored to meet the Divine, and here we have a discussion of when and where we have striven to make those meetings. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your broth...

Brethren, we are joined again by WBro Wes Latchford, WM Atlantic #2, Norfolk VA, who brings us this Episode from 1952. While it is true that we all, and the Craft as a whole, must experience the vicissitudes of an active life, it is also true that for the discerning brother, some Light is to be found even on the darkest of days. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your...

Brethren, two hundred and sixty two years ago, near the bonnie banks of the Doon, Scotland’s greatest poet was born. It has been said that Freemasonry has no greater name than Robert Burns, and here we find a discussion of how his voice has influenced the Craft and the world for almost two and a half centuries. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1997 by Bro Paul E. Bierly, of Whitehall #761, Ohio. At a time when we are relieved to resume some of the pomp and ceremonies from the past, as we look forward let us remember the undying fervor of Patriotism that drove our Brother, known as the March King, that still rings aloud today. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podc...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Walter A. Calloway, Jr., then editor of The Masonic Messenger, the official publication of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. It is brought to us by VW Bro Davic Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick, Maine. Everything with many moving parts, such as Freemasonry, has the nuts and bolts that keep the whole together, and sometimes they need at...

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, first published for the Brothers in April of 1960. This Short Talk was released on this Podcast previously, and is here again presented because it deserves deep and frequent scrutiny. It discusses, almost presciently with the Brothers of today, our single most important working tool. Used as...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an address given by Rev Bro Walter B. Lunsford in 1971, and is brought to us by WBro Wes Latchford, WM – Atlantic #2, Norfolk, VA. From time immemorial, the Church and the Lodge have been where men who have caught the spirit of greatness have met and become friends. Here we find a fascinating and thorough look at that phenomenon known as...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from March of 2015, and was written by RW Bro Michael G. Rodman, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. We all know that two of the faces carved into the unyielding stone of Mount Rushmore are of our Masonic Brothers. Here we find the story of how this majestic site became, through good Masonic effort, a symbol of the nation, a...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in May of 1991 by Bro S. Brent Morris, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM united #8, Brunswick ME. From the days when food and shelter were almost daily concerns to today, Masons have been involved in a centuries-old tradition of caring. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your...

Brethren, we are pilgrims travelling through time, and as we pause to put this year behind us, let us hear what our brothers in 1924 heard, as timely and as timeless then as now. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge, and everyone you know.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from December of 1943, was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Colin Britton, Freeport #23, ME. These three symbols are important in all of the degrees of Freemasonry, and here we find a fairly thorough examination of how they fit into the Speculative Craft. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes wi...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1965 by Dr. Joseph L. Bla. Here we find a dive into the history and traditions that make the holiday season special to us, as Masons, and this is both timeless and timely. Merry Christmas, Happy Feast of St. John, Happy Kwanzah, or however you celebrate. Do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brother and your Lodg...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1975 by Rev Bro Oscar Alan Gwyn, and was released on this Podcast a year ago. As this year finally draws to a close and we celebrate with our loved ones, let us again remember why these two particular Saints have come to mean so much to our order, representing as they do the two great aims of the Craft: Righteousness and Love. Enjoy...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and was first published in September of 1950. Here we find an illuminating discussion of the various cordage of Masonry, and how it all is part of the Mystic Tie. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your Brothers and your Lodge. Seriously, brothers, in these days of the w...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in July of 1984, and was written by WBro Harold Granger, PM King Solomon Lodge #31, Washington D.C.. Here we have an informative and engaging discussion of a man’s hands, and how important they are to history, to his life, and to Freemasonry. Enjoy, and do share all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lo...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1995 by MW Bro Walter MacDougall, PGM – Maine. When I spoke to him about recording this most excellent Short Talk, he suggested that I contact his good friend and brother, MW Ill Bro Claire Tusch 33rd, PGM – Maine, to do the honors, and that is who brings us this episode. Here we find a discussion of those moments in Mas...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy of the golden pen, and first published in December of 1945. Here is not a discussion of the third degree, but of the legend, part history, part fanciful embroidery, of the Craft as a whole, and a fascinating tale it is. 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 2010 by RW GM Thomas K. Sturgeon, GM – PA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick, Maine. It is a fact that Freemasonry has lost some two thirds of it’s membership over the last 50 years. Here we find a stirring yet practical discussion of what will be required to ensure Freemasonry’s c...