Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Alan E. Roberts, a prolific Masonic writer, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Leadership must be the key that unlocks the door of Masonry’s potential, digesting and using ideas that are the backbone of leadership. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Rex R. Hutchins, PGJW of AZ. Political revolution and Freemasonry is a complex subject. Here we find an interesting discussion from the days immediately following 9/11, and one that is a good listen for us all. 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 RW Bro C. C. Faulkner Jr, PDGM – IN and PGM – DeMolay, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Youth, those all important formative years, is one of the few things that all mankind have in common. All people, heroes and villains alike, all share this one thing in common: all were youths. Here, we f...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Howard R. Cruse, first published in May 1928. Here we find a most excellent exploration of one of the key symbols in the Master Mason degree, one that we may all give serious contemplation to in the pursuit of our profession. 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 Ralph Pollard, PGM – ME, and delivered as an address to the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Maine. Indeed, there has been conflict between our gentle Craft and the major churches in the world; and yet, some of our wisest leaders have been, in fact, members of the Clergy. Similarly, many of the cherished leade...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, one of the most brilliant and prolific elder statesmen of the Craft to ever put pen to paper. Spring brings us to Easter Day, the festival of memory and hope. It is as if the seasons of the soul are in accord with the seasons of the year. Here we find an excellent discussion of how we, as Masons, embod...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro J. Hugo Tatch, and is the very first STB to be sent out to every Lodge in January 1923. Since we have arrived at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the famous ride of our brother, it seems like a good time to revisit the patriotism and brotherhood of one of America’s most famous sons. Enjoy, and do share this and...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Zelwyn B. Eaton of Adair #366, Kirksville MO, and is brought to us by VW Bro. David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Here, we are informed and instructed about the work of this committee, which is perhaps the most important work having to do with the continuance of our Craft. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by PSGW Bro Stewart M. Pollard, Past Executive Secretary of the MSA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Here we find an excellent discussion of the various encounters MW Bro Pollard had while travelling throughout most districts in the country, one that informs us to examine our own approach...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and first published in April 1933. Here we find an excellent discussion of one of our oldest and most misunderstood ritualistic symbols. As many have wondered, and still wonder, what is it with the removal of shoes, either singly or both together, that informs our ritual? Enjoy, and do share this and all of th...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Recently, I had the honor of participating in the raising of a new Master Mason, and it is to him that this episode is dedicated. Now you are a Master Mason, and you belong to a Lodge. So What? Maybe you have been a member for year...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro S. J. Daniels, PGM – Ontario, and first published in May 2017. Here is made a compelling case that education and Freemasonry are really the same thing. 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, first published in August 1925. Here we find an excellent discussion of 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 immo...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, first published in November 1971. Here we find an excellent discussion of what the Fellowcraft brother will find when 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 Lod...

Brethren, this is a special and unusual Podcast episode that I hope you enjoy. Recently I was contacted by the host of the Tyler’s Place Podcast, a production of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, about being interviewed for their next episode. It seems they wanted to know about me, and the Short Talk Bulletin Podcast. So, here for you today is that episode. Do share t...

this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and is brought to us by RW Bro Peter Cutler, PDDGM 14th ME. The Cable Tow is wholly Masonic in usage and definition according to the dictionary. This illustrates that Masonry has some of it’s own vocabulary, not or misunderstood by many profane. Here, we find an excellent discussion, one worth being fa...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by WBro Donald Cyr, PM – Freeport #23, ME. Here we find an excellent discussion if seven Masons, one from each of the original Grand Lodges in the US, and all of whom should be striking examples for us today. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Secretary of the MSANA, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. In the Acts of the Apostles there is recorded a thought-provoking story about Paul, on the occasion of his visit to Ephesus, the city in Asia Minor famous for one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, t...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Allen E. Roberts, PM – Babcock #322, Highland Springs VA, and is brought to us by Bro Rich Gravelin, United #8, Brunswick ME. The merciful role Freemasonry was to play during the bitter years of reconstruction started on the day Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to evacuate the trenches in front of Petersburg,...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, one of the Craft’s greatest writers. Here we find his wisdom clearly expressed: timeless, timely, and poignant in ways few modern writers achieve, exploring that religion in which all men agree. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers, your Lodge, and you...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro H. Dwight McCalister, PGM – SC, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. The first annual meeting of The Masonic Service Association was held on November 11–13, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the fiftieth annual meeting held in Washington, DC, February 25, 1969, Brother H. Dwight McAlister, PGM an...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Sidney Kase, PGM – WA, and first published in November 1990. Why should our gentle Craft concern itself with students attending public schools? Here, we find an interesting and compelling argument for why we should. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge. And while y...

Brethren, this was one of the very first STBs that were sent to every member Lodge in April 1923, and was prepared by Clara Richards. As the future of public education is now a hot topic among the leadership of the United States, it seems like a good time to revisit how our forbears though, and re-emphasize the Craft’s unwavering support for education, educators, and the importance of the gr...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Secretary of the MSANA, and first published in March 1964. The Attentive Ear is one of the Jewels of a Fellowcraft, and especially poignant in these days of division. Listening to understand is so much more important than listening to reply, and the Attentive Ear is our mechanism to do this very thing. Enjoy...

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Howard R. Cruse, and is brought to us by RW Bro Pete Cutler, PDDGM 14th, Maine. In Masonic symbolism the lambskin apron holds precedence. It is the initial gift of Freemasonry to a candidate, and at the end of life’s pilgrimage, it is reverently placed on his mortal remains and buried with his body in the grave. Above all other...