Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1980 by WBro Harry M. Lehrbach, editor of the Masonic Tribune in Seattle. At the time of his writing, WBro Lehrbach was struggling with the question of “Why?” with respect to his own Masonic journey. Besides being well worth the listen, this may shed some light on your own reasons for continuing to be a Mason. Enjoy, and...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Joseph J. Berlandi, Executive Secretary of the 32 Degree Learning Centers For Children and Scottish Rite NMJ, and is brought to us by Bro Matt Bower, Host of the Tyler’s Place Podcast for the Scottish Rite SMJ. “It was like watching a caterpillar become a butterfly before my eyes; a miraculous transformation had occurred.”...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Donald W. Hensiak, PGM – WI, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM 0 United #8, Brunswick ME. With the advent of a new year, many of us will be moving to different chairs in our Lodges, whether that be moving up the line or covering a vacant chair, and with this comes new parts of the ritual for us to learn. He...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Charles O. Bierkan, PDDGM – CT, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. No city, save Jerusalem, interests Masons as much as Tyre, once the capital of Phoenicia. Here is some of that story. 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 Rev Bro Jan L. Beaderstadt, a member and past master of Copper Country Lodge No. 135, Hancock, Michigan; a member and junior warden of Bowring Lodge No. 414, Standish, Michigan; and editor of the Michigan Masonic Publication, From Point-to-Pointe, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. As a new entered appren...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1924. We are all pilgrims travelling through time. As we reflect on the year past and anticipate the year to come, let us hear these timeless words that our brothers of 1924 heard, read aloud in Lodge, as relevant today as ever. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcas...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, PES of the MSANA, and is brought to us by Bro Matt Bowers, host of the Scottish Rite Journal Podcast. Rudyard Kipling is one of the giants of modern English literary history. He towered over the closing years of the Victorian era, and lived well into the twentieth century. Enjoy, and do share this and all of thes...

Brethren, as has become traditional at this time of year, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Dr Bro Joseph L. Blau in remembrance of his father. May we all receive the gift of Emmanu El, God with us, this season. 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 1975 by Rev Bro Oscar Alan Gwyn. On this winter Feast of St. John the Evangelist, let us remember why each of our Saints John so well represent the duality of our efforts in the Craft. While St. John the Baptist represents the fiery call to action (summer), St. John the Evangelist represents the contemplative writer and knowledge of...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW B. Stuart Parker, PGM – Manitoba, and was first delivered to a Communication of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota. Here, MW Bro Parker should like to attempt to sketch out his concept of the true heart of the Fraternity, the source of the power that Freemasonry has to develop such an intense loyalty in the hearts of the husba...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Conrad Hahn, and first published in December 1964. In the Entered Apprentice degree, brotherly love, relief, and truth are described as the Tenets of the Fraternity, and this Bulletin is meant to instruct us about the second of these, Relief. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Bro Harold L. Schieck, PGCh – PA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Every Mason is asked this question as part of the initiatory degree. Here is the story of one man, and the impact this question had upon his life. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Alan E. Roberts, Babcock Lodge #322, Highland Springs VA, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Brother Newton was a prolific Masonic writer whose work includes many early Short Talk Bulletin, as well as “The Builders,” a seminal Masonic work suitable for all Masons, commonly available in pr...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. This Short Talk was adapted from a pamphlet published by the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Illinois, entitled “What can a Mason tell a non-Mason about Masonry? Enjoy, and please do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge, and this one especia...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in December 1926. Here we find an imaginative tale of the WM of a small country Lodge, who is dissatisfied with the seeming unimportance of his Lodge in the community, and the testimonies of community members who think otherwise. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes wit...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Executive Secretary of the MSANA, and is brought to us by Bro Matt Bowers, of Mt Ararat Lodge #44 and host of the Scottish Rite Journal Podcast. Fellowcraft Masons remember from the Winding Stairs lecture the placement of the Globes atop the pillars of Joachin and Boaz, but how did these symbols enter into M...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn and first published in January 1964. The assassination of President 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 to...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of North America, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, Past Grand Master of California. Here, we find a discussion of the Master Masons of old, and the training and experience that truly earned the title of “Master Mason”. Enjoy, an...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by MW Bro George Braatz, PGM and PGS – OH, as well as Past Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of North America. Here we find an excellent discussion of two four-letter words that are important to Masons. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by Bro Chad Lacek, Dundee Lodge #190, Carpentersville IL. We are odd creature, aren’t we? Despite our advances in technology and our mastery of many of the sciences governing our lives, we can be rather foolish sometimes. Here, we have an excellent discussion about why, as Masons, every single human being has...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 2001, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Veterans Day occurs every November, and particularly this month every year, the Masonic Service Association wants to salute our veterans and all they have done to protect our freedom here in America. Enjoy, and do share this and al...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an address given by Rev Dr and Bro Eugene Beckman, PGCh – SC, and is brought to us by Bro Matt Bowers, member of Mt. Ararat #44 and host of the Tyler’s Place Podcast. Every Mason is familiar with the building of King Solomon’s Temple, and the role it plays in our gentle Craft. Here we find an excellent discussion of that work,...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an excerpt from “Beyond The Pillars”, a manual of Masonic instruction, published by the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario in 1973, and well worth the listen by every member of our gentle 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 by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in May 1931. I recently had the honor of participating in raising a brother to the Sublime Degree, and as every Master Mason knows, the Five Points of Fellowship are an integral part of the instruction of that degree. Here, we find an excellent discussion of these five points, and how they c...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev and RW Bro A. Robert Nix, GCh – SC, first published in June 2017. We invite our friends every day to “Come and see”; new programs, new restaurants, sporting events, the latest movie. As a Fraternal organization, we say to the community, “Come and see!” Sometimes, however, that is not enough. Here, w...