Greetings Brethren, This month Medford Lodge is fortunate to have two candidates passing to the Fellow Craft Degree. One of the most popular sections on that degree seems to be the middle chamber lecture. Consisting of three, five and seven steps. While a staircase needs every step to function, my favorite steps are the five... View Article

Greetings Brethren, In the beginning… So starts one of the most famous quotes in history.  Certainly one of the most famous in the bible. “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” Those famous words are repeated at every degree during the candidates’ last moments of darkness.   Why? I have heard or read... View Article

Greetings Brethren, January marks the start of our new Masonic year and new positions and stations for our officer line.  I for one certainly feel a little bit like a new entered apprentice standing in the North-East corner of the Lodge wondering what lies ahead. We are told in our Entered Apprentice lecture that the... View Article

Greetings Brethren,            The month of December contains a celebration of two historical figures who some consider being the Patron Saints of Freemasonry, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist.  We hear of them in one of our first pieces of ritual, the Lodge being dedicated to the “Holy Saints John at Jerusalem.” ... View Article