I've come to adopt a belief that Freemasonry isn't dying, it's refining. What we are currently seeing is the result of an illness. However, instead of treating the infection most grand lodges and lodge are treating the symptoms and not the illness.
https://www.amazon.com/Millennial-Apprentices-Next-Revolution-Freemasonry/dp/0996652809
The two links above are a good jump off point for looking into the illness.
Additionally, I believe to many lodges and GL's act as if they are an island. Yes culture is different in California and Alabama and England and Brazil. But looking outside of your lodge or dare I say outside of the lodge/grand lodge system just might have some valuable information. But from what I've seen the number one resource not used by the lodge are its members. If you have a 21 year old EA ask him questions. As a matter of fact maybe ask members who have joined in the last 5 years questions. We have the answers to our questions.
Lastly these three papers are priceless:
http://pictoumasons.org/library/Smith, Dwight L ~ WhitherAreWeTraveling [pdf].pdf
http://overseaslodge.com/images/PDFs/9_Why_This_Confusion.pdf
http://www.knightsofthenorth.com/documents/laudablepursuit.pdf
The two links above are a good jump off point for looking into the illness.
Additionally, I believe to many lodges and GL's act as if they are an island. Yes culture is different in California and Alabama and England and Brazil. But looking outside of your lodge or dare I say outside of the lodge/grand lodge system just might have some valuable information. But from what I've seen the number one resource not used by the lodge are its members. If you have a 21 year old EA ask him questions. As a matter of fact maybe ask members who have joined in the last 5 years questions. We have the answers to our questions.
Lastly these three papers are priceless:
http://pictoumasons.org/library/Smith, Dwight L ~ WhitherAreWeTraveling [pdf].pdf
http://overseaslodge.com/images/PDFs/9_Why_This_Confusion.pdf
http://www.knightsofthenorth.com/documents/laudablepursuit.pdf