Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written in 1979 by RW Bro Furman Vincens, PGM – TX, and is brought to us by VW David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. Here we find a moving story about a man who returns to his hometown to bury his father, the Masons he finds there, and the letter his father left for him. Enjoy, consider sharing these Podcast episodes with your Lodge, and...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1923 by Rev Dr Joseph Fort Newton. It is taken from an address he gave at the annual meeting of the MSA. It is of particular note how timely these words are today, and how timeless the content. Enjoy, please consider sharing all of these podcast episodes with your Lodge, and if you find value here, please consider a donation through...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1987 by MW Bro Stewart Pollard, Past Executive Secretary of the MSA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. In it we hear Bro Pollard’s thoughts on what he has seen visiting almost every district in the country with respect to this issue of Ego that sometimes arises in Lodges. Enjoy, please consider shari...

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. In it, we delve into the origin and meaning of these Masonic symbols. Please consider sharing all of these episodes with your Lodge, and also please consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these podcasts coming. Enjoy! Donate N...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written way back in 1923 by MW Bro Joseph Fort Newton. In it, we learn what it took to become a Master Mason in historical times, and how that relates to our work today. Enjoy, consider sharing these podcasts with your Lodge, and consider a donation to support the MSA and keep these podcasts coming. Donate Now With PayPal!

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, District Education Rep of the 14th Masonic District of Maine. In it, we learn about Bro Caleb Smith, who almost single-handedly saved Freemasonry in Indiana after the Morgan affair in the mid-nineteenth century. It is an inspiring and humbling story, one that should be exemplary to the Craft as a whol...

Brethren, today’s episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written in 1951 by MW Bro Carl Claudy of the golden pen. In it, we find discussion of this oft overlooked symbol from our sublime degree, the symbol of industry, and why it, of all creations of nature, represents the Lodge. Enjoy, consider sharing these Podcasts with your Lodge, and consider a donation to support the MSA and ke...

Brethren, this episode brings to you the current Short Talk Bulletin from August of 2019. It was written by the father/son and brothers team of RW Bro Brian Louis Chaytor and Bro Brian Lawrence Chaytor, of Claude M. Kent Lodge #681, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and is brought to you today by the son of the team, Bro Brian Lawrence Chaytor. Spoiler: the answer is “Yes”. Enjoy, consider br...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is episode #101, and we are pleased that as of today, there have been more than 32,000 downloads of these Short Talks. In this one from 1925, we are reminded and instructed about the noble and glorious uses Mason put this, our oldest and simplest working tool, to. Enjoy, consider sharing these Podcasts with your Lodge, and consider a donation to support t...

Brethren, this episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is special because it is the ONE HUNDREDTH episode! For the occasion, this episode was written in 1930 by MW Bro Louis Block, PGM of Iowa in 1911, and is delivered by MW Bro Craig C. Hummel, PGM of Iowa in 2009. Please be encouraged to listen to all of the other Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episodes, as this timeless wisdom is as relevant to...

Brethren, This episode of the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written in 1925, and is brought to us by Bro Erick Weiss. In it, we are instructed and encouraged to bring this perspective to all our interactions with one another. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the MSA and keep these Podcasts coming. Donate Now With PayPal!

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to you by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM of Masons in California. In it, we are reminded how we, as Masons, are failing in our obligation when we participate in uncivil conduct, and succeeding when we remember that noble contention of who best can work, and best agree. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the MSA and kee...

Brethren, we all know where a man is first prepared to become a Mason, but what does that really mean? This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode explores that very question, and though written almost sixty years ago, the timelessness of the answer remains within our hearts. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the MSA and keep these Podcasts coming! Donate Now With PayPal!

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1925, and discusses our third, or Sublime degree, and what makes it such. Like the 47th Problem, which contains the germ of every scientific and mathematical truth, so too does the Sublime degree contain the germ of every idea mankind possesses about the immortality of the soul. Enjoy, consider sharing this podcast with your Lodge,...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written by MW Bro Jeffrey O. Nations (PGM – MO) and WBro Phillip G Elam (PM Algabil-Freedom Lodge #636, MO), and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz (DER 14th, ME). In it, we are given a clear and concise overview of the Masonic Fraternity. The picture of Freemasonry painted here should be in the hearts of all Freemasons. Enjoy, and donate wi...

Brethren, for this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast, from April of 2019, we are joined by Ill Bro Christopher Hodapp, 33rd, Vetruvian #767 and PM of Broad Ripple Lodge #643, Indiana, and author of “Freemasons For Dummies”. In it, we celebrate with Masons in Nebraska and throughout the world the steps taken by the Grand Lodge of Nebraska to draw and educate the Craft, and bring involvement o...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy. In it we are reminded of this most important of our working tools, and the noble and glorious use we put it to, the spreading of the cement of brotherly love and affection. These days, brothers, we need some troweling. How is your trowel? Is it waiting in your toolbox? Enjoy, and after you do, put this tool to...

Brethren, this Short Talk explores one of the symbols of the Entered Apprentice degree that receives less fanfare than many others, but is well worth considering. Indeed, every word of each degree is well worth considering, and Brethren are also encouraged to revisit all the previous episodes of this podcast, as timeless wisdom has no expiration date. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the M...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th Maine. In it, we are reminded that, as Masons, the world is ever looking at us and asking that most poignant question, “Who Are You?” Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the MSA and keep these Podcasts coming. Donate Now With PayPal!

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast discusses one of the jewels of the Fellowcraft, and is an especially poignant topic these days. With so much noise on the internet and in the world, the discerning Mason will choose carefully, then implement this lesson, which assists him in building that house not made with hands, and guides him to discern between good, square, level work and all of that...

Brethren, the Short Talk Bulletin rarely addresses contemporary events, instead opting towards more timeless wisdom. However, with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, it seems an appropriate time to revisit this Short Talk, published the month after the assassination of President Kennedy. In it, we as Masons are encouraged to mourn, but then get on with making his vision into reality....

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was written in 2004 by MW Bro Stewart Miner, PGM of Masons in VA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, DER 14th, Maine. Here we find a discussion of how our ancient Craft fits and is essential in our modern times. Enjoy, and Donate with PayPal to support the MSA and keep these Podcasts coming! Donate Now With PayPal

Brethren, today’s Short Talk Bulletin Podcast was in all likelihood written in 1930 by MW Bro Carl Claudy of the golden pen, and is brought to us by Bro Darren Marlar, Chaplain of Lodge 102, Rockford IL. Here is discussed the various duties and privileges incumbent upon both visitors and host Lodges in the exercise of that ancient Masonic landmark, the Right Of Visitation.. Enjoy, and Donate...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Dex Rowe. In it, we find discussion of that symbol found in all well-governed Lodges, and how and why it relates to the Holy Saints John. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the Masonic Service Association and keep these Podcasts coming. Donate Now With PayPal!

Brethren, today’s Short Talk Bulletin Podcast is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, and discusses the importance and meaning of the opening and closing ceremonies in a Lodge of Master Masons. Enjoy, and donate with PayPal to support the MSA’s goals of disaster relief, hospital visitation, and the spreading of Masonic information. Donate Now With PayPal!