Puppy Mason

Are your newest Masons returning to the Lodge?

Or do they wander off like lost puppies?

How do you keep new members interested, engaged, and committed to the craft?

Douglas Adams - Sincerity and Integrity

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."

- Douglas Adams

Commitment

At this altar, you made a commitment to yourself, and a commitment to the craft.

Why now is it so difficult to make commitments to anything else?

Stabilize!

Sitting in the East is not a job to be taken lightly.

What is a good way to stabilize your efforts?

Sounds of Silence

And all the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made,

and the sign flashed out it's warning, in the words that it was forming.

And the sign said:

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls... and whisper'd in the Sounds of Silence."

- Simon & Garfunkel, 1964

Get the point?

Sometimes the point of the lesson, is to avoid the point of the lesson.

Nick Offerman's 5 Rules for Being a Man

Nick Offerman’s

5 Rules for Being a Man

Rule #1 Take a bite of Steak.

Rule #2 Wash it down with some whisky.  Preferably single-malt scotch.

Rule #3 Find a socialist and punch him or her in the face.

Rule #4 Hand craft a small wooden boat.  Out of cedar preferably ... obviously.

Rule #5 Make love to a partner of your choice.  Preferably someone who is recepting of your advances.  And upon climax, withdraw your firearm and unload some rounds, laced with double entendre into the night sky...

That’s what people think I am going to say.

But what I would really say is:

“Just stand up for your principles and be loyal to your friends and family.”

Failing Geometry

"Learning all of this Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic just seems so...

...Trivial!"

"I think we just figured out why you're failing Geometry."

Baby Bird Masonry

Instead of expecting your Lodge to feed Masonry to you...

...find a way to feed Masonry to your Lodge.