Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from February of1949, and written by MW Bro Carl Claudy. Here we find a most thorough discussion of that book which now sits on every altar in every Masonic Lodge, and how it has come to be such. Enjoy, do read the VSL, and please share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin was written by MW Bro Robert A. Hockstead, then GM of Masons in Michigan, and was originally presented to a seminar of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Here we have an interesting discussion, whose sub-title is “Building Relations With The Blue Lodge”. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers a...

Brethren, the assassination of President John F. 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 in 1971 by MW Bro Roger R. White, PGM – Maine, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick Maine. Here we find a stirring discussion used frequently by MW White in visitations to Lodges about the basic philosophy of the Craft. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers an...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is from January of 1954. Here we find an engaging discussion about the antiquity of our ritual, without which Freemasonry could not continue to exist. 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 June of 1949, and was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy. These two symbols from the Master Mason degree are hoary with antiquity, and derive from some of humanity’s oldest traditions. How they relate to and are explained by Masonry is an interesting story, indeed. Enjoy, and do share all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers an...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast Episode is brought to us by MW Bro Craig Hummel, PGM – IA, and was written as the prelude to Allen E. Roberts’ “Freemasonry And Democracy”. Here we find the story that describes the events leading up to the American Revolution which set in motion the chain of events leading to Democracy! Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Po...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pof MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and was first published in July of 1945. “Philosophy” is a word with almost as many meanings as there are men to use it. Here we find an excellent discussion about the why and how of developing a Personal Masonic Philosophy for one’s self, which is perhaps the most important task in t...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from August of 2020, and was written and is brought to us by MW Bro Stephen Oakley, current Grand Master of Masons in Illinois. Here we find an excellent discussion about how certain memories become clearer and more meaningful over time. This is followed by a Short Short Talk, The Tides, taken from the Short Talk Bulletin from November of 1967....

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and was first published in October of 1945. Here we find an excellent discussion about that which is the very heart and core of Freemasonry, and from whose gentle light the spirit of brotherhood is born. 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 Claudy, and is brought to us by RW Bro Bill Bussiere, PDDGM – IL. One of the most upsetting experiences a new Mason might encounter is upon his first visit to a Lodge outside his home district. Upon reflection, he might conclude that the differing ritual is consistent with his own in all essential aspect...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from February of 1971, and was likely written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn. Here we find a discussion that is even more “relevant” today than fifty years ago. Enjoy, listen with an open mind, 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 November of 1971, and was likely written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn. Here we find an excellent discussion of what the Fellowcraft will find upon talking with older, more experienced Masons, and what we should all strive to contain in our daily lives. 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 Richard E. Shields Jr., of Waxhaw #562, NC, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM United #8, ME. Many of us have heard one or more of these stories about how we, as Freemasons, have acted towards our Brothers during wartime, even those on the opposing side. Here we find several of these stories, and as many reasons to b...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from July of 1985, and is the work of MW Bro Edward F. Carter, PGM of Nebraska and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska. Here we find an excellent discussion of the Constitutional Commission of 1788, and the Light it has to shed on our own issues of today, the separation of powers being not the least of these. Enjoy, and do share...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was published in May of 1980, and is the work of Bro Frederic Lauder. Here we find an excellent discussion that starts with a Cadillac in the jungle, a yacht in drydock, and an unoccupied castle. These bring us to this line in the Charge: to enforce, by precept and example, obedience to the tenets of the Fraternity.” Enjoy, and do share this...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was first published in September of 1949. “…Veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols…” is familiar to all Masons as the basis for our education, and here we find an excellent discussion that should be heard by all of us. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcas...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was first published in December of 1949. Here, we find an excellent discussion about those things in Masonry that do not change, despite the passage of centuries. Enjoy, and do share 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 Claudy, and first published in July of 1946. Sometimes when one goes to Lodge there is a guest speaker. Sometimes that speaker is so boring that one falls asleep. Sometimes that sleep is occasioned by dreams. Sometimes those dreams can tell us quite a bit about ourselves. Enjoy, brother dreamers, and do share...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is the work of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was originally published in April of 1936. As a Mason begins to travel throughout his and other jurisdictions, he will notice the great variance in minor details of custom, while also recognizing that Masonry is wholly at one in the essentials. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with y...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and was first published in August of 1943, amid the throes of WWII. Here we find a most thoughtful discussion of the true nature of the work of our profession. Take this one to heart, brothers. The world needs us now more than ever. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your b...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick Maine. Here we find an excellent discussion about that part of the Craft that unites all Masons, alive today and into the past. Enjoy, and do share all of these podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is the 200th episode! Since going live in November of 2018, there have been more than 130,000 downloads of Podcast episodes; that is a whole lot of Freemasonry! In celebration, this episode is from the pen of MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Executive Secretary of the MSA. Here, we find an excellent discussion of the importance of the ritual drama that is central...

Brethren, it is my sad duty to report that MW Bro Mark E. Rustin, immediate Past Grand Master of Masons in Maine, has laid down his working tools and presented himself at the Celestial West Gate, there to be taken by the Great Grip and welcomed into the company of all of those gone before to that undiscovered country. While still among us, MW Bro Rustin pursued and expressed Freemasonry with great...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in June of 2002 by MW Bro Stewart W. Miner, PGM – Wash DC, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM United #8, Brunswick ME. Here we find the story of one of Freemasonry’s tallest elders, who was the first Grand Master of the Ancient Templar order from 1118 to 1136. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast ep...