Author: -kris

My Dear Brother,   With our youngest Master Masons finishing their Master Mason Degree we look at the use of the trowel.   Operative masons use trowels to spread the cement…Learn MoreFrom the East – June 2016

My Dear Brother, One of the greatest strengths of our fraternity is its stability throughout the years. There have been many challenges endured by Masonry over the centuries. The fraternity…Learn MoreFrom the East – April 2016

My Dear Brother,   The year of 2016 is up and running, and in just this short time, we have already we have accomplished so much!  In reflecting upon the…Learn MoreFrom the East – March 2016

As the New Year continues to unfold, so does each of our Masonic journeys. The candidates are continuing their path for more light, and with the support of their new Brethren, they will soon begin their Fellowcraft Degree. This is significant to the Master Masons of the Lodge, as the Degree serves as a reminder of their own experiences. As candidates begin to learn each of the Masonic symbols, Master Masons can also take time to reflect on the great lessons and ideas that they represent.…Learn MoreFrom the East – February 2016

In your present condition of darkness, what do you most desire? Light! This is a question every Master Mason is asked after he takes each obligation. This answer has many meanings.…Learn MoreFrom the East – January 2016

This month is always a busy one. It is the end of the year. A time that often has work pressures as business close their financial books and we may struggle to meet professional commitments. It is a time of social obligations with end of year and holiday gatherings, parties and celebrations. …Learn MoreFrom the East – December

“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.”

By: Tom Hiddleston…Learn MoreFrom the East – December

Brethren,

One of the things that sets our fraternity apart from many organization is our ritual. Whether you are proficient in it or not it has remained unchanged over hundreds of years. …Learn MoreFrom the East- November

It is often difficult to distinguish between Masonry and the Enlightenment. The lofty ideas of brotherly love, charity, truth, religious tolerance fidelity, and uprightness of the philosophers and scientists of the time were the ideas of freemasons. Preeminent thinkers like Sir Francis Bacon, John Locke, Sir Isaac Newton, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Voltaire and our founding fathers were by in large intensely religious men who showed by studying nature and using our god given reasoning power we could see God’s work around us. They argued for education, religious tolerance and belief in a Supreme Being.…Learn MoreFrom the East – October

As we start the month of June and begin thoughts of summer and vacation it is worth a brief reflection on what this month means in the history of our fraternity and country.

On June 5, 1730 the Grand Lodge of England issue an edict for Daniel Coxe to act as Provincial Grand Master of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.…Learn MoreFrom the East – June