by R.W. Bro. Garnet E. Schenk The Committee on Masonic Education [GLCPOO] December 2008 Prayer is an important part of the ritual in the Craft. The opening and closing of the degrees and ceremonies invoke prayer and guidance from God, the “Great Architect of the Universe. Beginning with an examination of the earliest Manuscripts of…

Do You Have a Degree? Roger A. Kessinger, 32° “Do you have a degree?” I was recently asked at a businessmen’s luncheon. Now I was known as a “runner” in my day. Meaning, I ran as soon as I received my high school diploma. So I was ready to tell my colleague that my parents…

THE AGED AND INFIRM BRETHREN Our lodge has many members who are unable to attend regularly as their bodies are failing them now. Know that your many years of service are not forgotten my brother. And know that you are not forgotten. We will now come to your home as brothers and as friends for…

I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town. With a ho heave ho, and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and a sidewall fell. I asked the Foreman, “Are these men as skilled As the men you’d hire if you had to build?” He laughed as he…