How Long Must I Haul These Ruffians Around With Me?
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS The degrees of Freemasonry are built on the clear understanding that men need to be engaged in a quest for…
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Let There Be Light
By: Jason K. McDonald – *October 2015 TLP Community Contest Winner* I didn’t feel anxious until lights went out under the door. It was the night I was…
Sacred Space in Freemasonry
BY: WOR. JASON E. MARSHALLA version of this was published in the May 2015 Edition of Living Stones Magazine We are taught as an Entered Apprentice that a…
Fraternalism–The Lost Word in Charity
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS Any study of the beginnings of Freemasonry will clearly show that fraternalism was the first and most distinguishing…
Masters & Past Masters: The Real Role of These Worshipful Men
Wor. Micahel A. Rose, after being installed as Master of Veritas Lodge No. 556, Norman, Oklahoma. We often encounter problems when words describing…
Removing the Hoodwink of the Self
BY: WOR. JASON E. MARSHALL One of the major themes in my spiritual path, and my life in general, has been the search for the real “me”. While…
A Matter of Character
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS “If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.”…
Footprints in the Snow
By: Wor. Jason Eddy The snow was falling steadily as I pulled my car into the parking lot of my office building this morning. Being one of the early…
Getting to the Big Picture
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS I attend a lot of Masonic meetings throughout the country; have personally got to know hundreds, perhaps thousands,…
What Come You Here to Do?
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS Photo by: Colin Frankland What come you here to do?My Brothers, this is one of the great questions in all of…