Last words of a dying anything...
Totally agree!In the Times we are facing, it's time to send that dead horse to the glue factory, and start fresh with new ideas and ways to keep and preserve old tradition. Seriously, it it really that hard ?
My preacher used to say last words of a dying church "we've always done it this way."
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I certainly agree. Change just for change sake is useless. If it works, don't fix it. However, when something no longer works or changing times call for different measures the old refrains "That's not the way we do it here" or "We've always did it this way" are no longer valid arguments.Just as important is to understand that some things that have always been done a certain way are that way for a valid reason.
Reading some of the further quotes, it really is a question of wisdom in knowing what to change and what not, while still holding onto the essence of the organisation while using change to create a vibrant future... but what people see as the "essence" will vary. It is not having a pancake breakfast on the 3rd Sunday of odd months at 9:30 am on Saturday - that's just a tool to meet greater ends..My preacher used to say last words of a dying church "we've always done it this way."
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That is sort of rude and I hear you but masonry often slides towards a more "relaxed" or casual version of itself. Sometimes it's ok to call out when people are doing things incorrectly or in a lackadaisical manner. Depends on the situation I suppose.My hometown (and where my former Lodge is located has a large retiree population. All too often someone in Lodge would jump up and say "You aren't doing it right. That's not how we did it up north". This has been heard so many times over the years the Lodge has earned a very unfavorable reputation. Just like any segment of the population we have our share of jerks. Ignore them.
Hello,
So I've been in Freemasonry for 2 years ....
I was told that the GL Officers manual is just best practices and did not have to be followed.
I guess a good question is this; what did you learn and how might you introduce such things more effectively in the future?
On thing for sure, perseverance is required.Currently going through this right now Brother. I hear the "bring forth ideas" talk all the time, but everything gets shot down or given an excuse. Very disheartening for the Mason with zeal. Sadly, I dont know the solution yet. It seems like some of the "old guard" has to move on.
"So I demitted to another lodge where everyone has a voice. 9 out of 10 times we will give an idea a whirl."This was exactly what was happening at the lodge I was raised. And still continues. They do the same pancake breakfast fund raiser , the business meetings are the same every time, and screwing up ritual, then teaching it to what new members they can get to stay. But also will say we need new ideas, we want your input on how to improve things here at the lodge. Then when you offer an idea, it's sit down that's not how we do things. So I demitted to another lodge where everyone has a voice. 9 out of 10 times we will give an idea a whirl. And business meetings are always fun. It's sad that you need to kinda push the old guard to the side to show them that new ideas = growth .