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The Point Within a Circle: April 2012

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Better Than I Deserve. Better Than I Deserve. One of the duties of the Office of District Deputy Grand Master is the presentation of 50 Year Service Emblems. I consider it the highest honor to be able to present those pins and personally thank my Masonic elders for being part of the continuum of Freemasonry. Better than I deserve. Society speaks of entitlements. As soon as that Brother finished speak...

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The Point Within a Circle: April 2013

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Tuesday, April 16, 2013. 8220;Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” ― Virgil Kraft. There really are a lot of things that I like about the winter. I love the look of new-fallen snow and the way it clings to barren branches; the way I’m forced to squint as the sun lights it up and appears to be coming from everywhere at the same time. Spring is finally here, however. Though a rodent from the 52. For starte...

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The Point Within a Circle: May 2012

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Friday, May 11, 2012. Companions On My Journey. Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing. There is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense. Rumi, Tr. Coleman Barks. My hope has always been that you leave either inspired, challenged, invigorated, called to action or some combination of those.

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The Point Within a Circle: February 2012

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Saturday, February 18, 2012. Managing the Trestleboard: Work Is Worship. My remarks for the evening follow. Managing the Trestleboard: Work Is Worship. Nothing will work unless you do. This year, Grand Master Jay W. Smith has put plans upon our Trestleboard that, if properly carried out, will both strengthen the foundation of our Fraternity as well as add to the grand edifice that Freemasonry rightly is to the world. To stren...

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The Point Within a Circle: The Nine Lives of a Masonic Lodge

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Sunday, October 19, 2014. The Nine Lives of a Masonic Lodge. Or We have a Warrant, now what? Standard Lodge No. 3579 (totally fake name) is now a constituted to work as a Subordinate Lodge. There is much to be done, but with hardly a dollar in the bank, they can’t do much more than gurgle, coo, and put their toes in their mouths. Fortunately they have a lot of siblings in the District who will help. Or Let’s get growing.

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The Point Within a Circle: April 2014

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Sunday, April 6, 2014. I can be cynical sometimes. My guess is that none of you who knows me personally just gasped at that revelation. In my own defense, my cynicism is born from the fact that it can sometimes make people laugh, and I enjoy making people laugh. Again, no one gasped. The problem is that just as a good attitude can be contagious, so can a bad one. It will never work. How do you fix it? What’s the point? Ironic...

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The Point Within a Circle: April 2011

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The Point Within a Circle. Masonic Light for the Quarries of the 54th District. Thursday, April 14, 2011. On March 8th, I made my Official Visit to Penn Brotherhood Lodge No. 635. The Worshipful Master, Brother Art Lindsay, and all the officers were in fine form. We awarded four 50 Year Service Pins and it was great to hear those men speak about what Freemasonry has done for their lives. My address is below. What is it about honor and recognition that motivates men to take such risks? Why on earth would ...

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The Modern Vitruvian: Whispers on the Wind

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Friday, May 16, 2014. Whispers on the Wind. Henry was proud of the man and leader that Dylan was becoming, and today he was delighted to be greeted by Dylan’s easy laugh echoing from the Lodge room as he walked into the building. These are good kids, he thought to himself as he hung his jacket. But as the laughter subsided and the conversation continued, his delight faded. 8220;I didn’t even know you could get a suit with lapels that wide,” someone said, the whole group laughing in reply. 8220;Grab your ...

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The Modern Vitruvian: February 2013

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Thursday, February 14, 2013. 8220;We’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us? 8221; Mrs. Maple in. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The observant reader of The Modern Vitruvian. And I would like to think there is no other kind, will note that this is the second consecutive column with a quote from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I can assure you that I have already ejected that DVD from the player and will give it a rest for the foreseeable future.

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The Modern Vitruvian: Calls of Duty: Part Three

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Calls of Duty: Part Three. Dylan stood in the doorway speechless. He wasn’t even certain that the person standing in front of him actually was his father. In fact, he was sure it wasn’t. 8220;Why are you . . . What are you doing in Henry’s house,” Dylan asked, still struggling to make sense of the scene before him. 8220;But how did you get in? What about mom and the rest of them? 8221; It was both a question and an accusation. They’re going to be so. 8220;Please quit worrying, so...