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Thank you all for your input. Ultimately, I will only be the IPM and the new WM will make his decision regardless of my guidance. I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't leading him in a wrong direction. However I may feel, if this is what he wants then so be it, let the chips fall where they may.

I am trying to settle a disagreement that has sprung up at my lodge about head table guests at an installation dinner. I know it's not nice to point out differences in public but I thought I'd ask around to be sure of myself so as to provide timely council. My successor wishes to have the head...

Sounds yum!

I agree with Sirius et al. We have legalized same sex marriages here up here in the great white north and although there was a great calamity raised by some at first, some years down the road it doesn't seem to have made any difference to the social fabric of our country. The ruling only...

It is my belief, although I may be alone on this one, that God gave us great unanswerable esoteric questions such as the one being discussed on this forum because after a long work week He was bored on the 7th day and wanted to have a little fun. "Look at'em racking their brains....ha ha ha ha."...

It is. It also has a concordant body called the "You can't do that!" Club. Peter

IPM as of February 5th. At that point nobody cares what I think anymore...

I found the list of conditions above to be simply too numerous to accept as being from God to man. Only man, with all his foibles, can make anything so complicated. Personally, I am a Christian, always have been. I don't subscribe to a "conditional" God, one who expects a long list of...

There's just no equal to Arnie...

No wonder the third world hates us....

I'm not too sure I approve of this somehow. I'm not entirely sure why but the words "pompous ass" come to mind in anything the EU does.

As a candidate EA was my favorite. As WM it's FC.

So, if Masonry is nothing more than a social and charitable order and all of the mystical and metaphysical “stuff” is drummed up by the wizards, wackjobs, and weirdoes, then I ask WHY: 1. Do we (the Craft) bother with a tiered initiatic system that includes archaic language modeled after the...

Great post! Gimme a bit of time and I'll take a stab at addressing some of your points.

The difference is that although the older guys are stuck in 1969, the fellows coming up through the chairs know that they will accomplish nothing by butting heads with the old guard. Slow and steady takes the prize as it always has in the Craft. There will come a day when even the most...

I had a conversation with our new Grand Master about just that issue and he mentioned that it is a common issue across the continent. I, as the Master of my lodge, and he as the Grand Master came to the same conclusion. There haven't been enough funerals yet for the Craft to make the...

Wonderful post! I enjoyed reading it because it touches much in relatively few words. When you speak of the WW2 generation, the “Greatest†generation, we are looking at history and the effects of the times on the people who lived it. The world was a much smaller place back then and what are...

Bravo! Way to go!

Installed 37 times! Aye Caramba!!

Congratulations! And a well deserved hat tip to your Dad. Brethren would do well to pay attention to what this Brother has to say and take heed. Membership in our gentle Craft is something that sets us apart from our fellow man and should never be taken lightly. And tho the road to to the...