Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 2001 by MW Stewart Miner, PGM – VA, and is brought to us by VW David Koncz of United #8, Brunswick, Maine. Here we find a discussion of Royston Cave, discovered 13 miles from Cambridge, and used by medieval Templars. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with your Lodge and brothers, and please consider a donation to s...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1987 by MW Bro Duncan C. Howard, PGM – TX, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, United #8, Maine. Here we find MW Howard’s treatise on a Mason’s duties outside the Lodge room, and what motivates and inspires those duties. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with you Lodge and your Brothers, and ple...

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written in 2017 by MW Bro Donald W. Hensiak, PGM – WI. Here we find that learning in Freemasonry is not simply committing ritual to memory; it is much more than that. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with your Lodge and your brothers, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these Podcast episodes coming. Do...

Brethren, for this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast we are joined by RW Bro Arthur Borland, DGM of Oregon, who wrote this treatise in 2015. Not only is it an interesting perspective on the Craft, but is also a welcome diversion from the dead of winter. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with your Lodge and your brothers, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these...

Brethren, for this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode we are joined by MW Bro George Braatz, PGM and GS of Ohio and retired Executive Secretary of the MSA, who brings to us these two topics that are essential to our lives, but also provide a stimulating perspective on our work as Masons. Enjoy, do share all of these podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge, and please consider a donatio...

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 we round out another year and 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 aim of the Craft: Righteousness and Love. Enjoy, do share al...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1948 by MW Bro Carl Claudy. Though written well over a half century ago while the world was still recovering from WWII, the timeless wisdom contained herein will be enlightening Masons for as long as Freemasonry endures. Enjoy, do share all of these podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge, and please consider a donation t...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1985 by RW Bro Raymond E. Peterson, GS of Colorado, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. Here we find a discussion of what the Grand Lodge of Colorado did in confronting the issue of so many Masons being dropped NPD. Those efforts should give us pause to consider how we, in our own jurisdictions, address the...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1988 by WBro Zelwyn B. Eaton, of Adair #366, Kirksville MO, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. In it we are informed and instructed about the work of this committee, which is perhaps the most important work undertaken in the continuance of the Craft. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with you br...

Brethren, in keeping with the theme of paying attention to what is occurring in Washington D.C. this week, here we have an interesting perspective on this symbol found in our third degree, and though it was written almost a hundred years ago, the Light shed is today even more relevant. Enjoy, do share all of these podcast episodes with you brethren and your Lodge, and please consider a donation to...

Brethren, there is much going on in Washington D.C. these days. This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode takes a look at that Great Cornerstone of our Republic, the Constitution. Here, we are reminded and instructed about how ideas from Freemasonry are at the very core of who we say we are as Americans, and it is widely held that this Bulletin be presented in every Lodge in the United States and a...

Brethren, this Podcast episode was written in 1956 by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and discusses how symbols contained in our degrees reach back into antiquity to draw timeless truths into the present space of our minds, and The Broken Column is a prime example. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with your Lodge, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these Podcast episodes coming. D...

Brethren, Happy Thanksgiving! For this special episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast we are joined by Bro Jim Cox, of Redlands Lodge #300, Redlands, CA. Bro Cox wrote and produced this short drama, and while not strictly a Short Talk Bulletin, we at the MSA felt that it would make an excellent Podcast episode. Enjoy, and have a blessed Holiday. Donate Now With PayPal

Brethren, this is the one-year anniversary of the first Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode! In this episode, written in 1954 by MW Bro Carl Claudy, we explore questions from potential applicants for the degrees of Freemasonry and answers we of the Craft are encouraged to provide. Do share all of these episodes with your Lodge and your brethren, but also with anyone who might be a potential applic...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1991 by Bro Thomas W. Jackson, and is brought to us my RW Bro Rich Nadeau, DGM – Maine. In it is discussed the relationship between Freemasonry and this appendant body for young men, what the Craft can expect from them, and what they can expect from us. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with your brethren and your...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, written in 1957. In it, we are instructed about the reasons and usages of that implement we all meet before entering a Lodge for the first time. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with you brethren and your Lodge, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these Podcast episodes comi...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1969 by MW Bro A. Douglas Smith, PGM of VA. In it we are reminded and instructed about one of the first parts of the Entered Apprentice degree, and though Master Masons we may be, this lesson is ever poignant. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with your Lodge and your brethren, and please consider a donation to the MSA t...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1958 by MW Bro William Mosley Brown, PGM of Virginia, and is brought to us by RW Bro Robert Webber, PDDGM 14th, Maine. In it we find an excellent discussion of where we, as Masons, find our motivations. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with you brothers and your Lodge, and please consider a donation to support the MSA a...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Robert Morris of Manchester Lodge, MA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. In it we find a president we can all be proud of: a Mason, a soldier, and a man instrumental in making the anti-trust movement stick. Enjoy, do share all of these Podcast episodes with your Lodge, and please consider a donation to...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1924 by an unknown author, and while the business climate in the world has certainly changed since then, the sentiments expressed here are as timeless as the Craft. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with your Lodge and your brothers, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these podcast episodes coming. Donate...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1994 by Bro C. Westin Dash, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. In it, we find a short program for use in a tyled Lodge, meant to benefit members who have not attended in a while, to remind them of ritual they might have forgotten. Enjoy, do share all of these episodes with your Lodge, and please consider a...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1932 by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us today by RW Bro Dex Rowe, PDDGM 6th VT. In it, we are instructed concerning that great allegory of the Fellowcraft degree. Enjoy, consider sharing all of these episodes with your brethren and your Lodge, and please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these Podcast episodes...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz. It is widely held that every Brother should hear this when he his newly raised, but also after years as a Master Mason. In it, we find an introduction to this world of Brotherhood, and inspiration to continue. Please share this episode with your Lodge, and es...

Brethren, This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1965 by MW Bro Walter MacDougal, who later would become the GM of Maine. I recently contacted him and asked if he would record this excellent talk for the Podcast, which he graciously agreed to do. After he had finished the reading, he remarked that “…This sounds like the raving of a very young man.” Enjoy, conside...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1971 by MW Bro B. Stewart Parker, Past Grand Master of Masons in Manitoba. In it, Bro Parker develops a framework, understandable by all, of why we commit ourselves, sometimes fervently, to the Fraternity. Enjoy, consider sharing all of these episodes with your brethren and your Lodge, and please consider a donation to support the M...