Sharp Chisels

It's easy to look sharp, if you haven't done any work...

Feast of St. John the Baptist

 

The Feast of St. John the Baptist

Why do renaissance paintings of St. John the Baptist always depict him with a lamb?

Sense of Humor

A good sense of humor goes a long way.

Can you name an instance where humor helped to resolve a difficult situation?

Cable Tow - Bungie Jump

Don't put too much pressure on a new brother.

Give them time to figure out the length of their cable-tow.

What tends to happen to that brother, if we pull too hard?

Dorothy Parker - Money

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."

- Dorothy Parker
August 22nd, 1893 - June 7th, 1967

If you really want to know the level of impression this statement makes, look up Ms. Parker's heritage.

Surface Level Answers

Does your Masonic filter tell you to dive further into knowledge, information, studies, and light?

Don't settle for surface level answers!

Keep going!

Can you give an example of a "shallow" answer that caused you to look deeper?

Don Marquis - Idea

"An idea is not responsible for those that believe it."

- Don Marquis
July 29th, 1878 - December 29th, 1937

But... I followed the directions!

Simply following directions without question can have... let's say "interesting" results.

In the case of ritual, sometimes it is better to understand this, before you attempt to perform it.

Can you give any examples of how and why this can be significant?

Master Yoda

"Pass on what you have learned.  Strength, mastery.  But weakness, folly, failure also.  Yes, failure most of all.

The greatest teacher, failure is."

- Master Yoda

Equality

Equality has always been a direct philosophy of Freemasonry.

Each Mason knows in his heart what it means to meet on the...

Mob Mentality

Mob Mentality:

Is an incomplete ideal that is pushed above the reasonability and responsibility of the individual into a group collective, with the intention to control, enforce, or coerce.

How can we as Masons make our own choices when being pushed by a mob of collective ideas?