Category: Education
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AN INTRODUCTION TO LODGE CULTURE
If you’ve ever visited many other lodges you’ll soon come to the realization that no two lodges are alike. One lodge may be primarily concerned with fundraising while another may be focused on education; there may be a lodge that requires its members to wear tuxedos to stated meetings while the standard dress elsewhere is…
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LODGE CULTURE PART 2: CULTURE VS. CLIMATE
This is the second installation in my “Building Lodge Culture” series, which is inspired by School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker. CHANGING CULTURE VS. CHANGING CLIMATE In my previous article, I point out that cultural changes are long lasting while changing in a lodge’s climate tend to…
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LODGE CULTURE PART 3: HOW TO TAKE ACTION
This is the third installation in my “Building Lodge Culture” series, which is inspired by School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker. If you’ve been following this series then you should know how important a lodges culture is to its overall health and success. You should also be…
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THE F-WORD AND THE M-WORD
No, this post isn’t prompted by the recent Roseanne or Samantha Bee language furor. These incidents only prompted me to write some thoughts swirling around in my head for a week or two caused by a Facebook friend request – by a Mason. Several weeks ago, I received a friend request and as I always…
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IF YOUR LODGE IS TRYING EVERYTHING, YOU MAY SUCCEED AT NOTHING
Seth Godin wrote in a blog post entitled In Search of the Minimum Viable Audience, that if you endeavor to reach the maximum audience you will tend to dumb your message down, average it out, and try to please everyone. He said when you try to engage as many as possible you will never accomplish what…
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ARE YOU SPOILING THE BUILDING MATERIALS OF YOUR LODGE?
At our last lodge meeting, we began our educational series with a brief survey of our Masonic obligations in the “Ancient Charges” contained in Reverend James Anderson’s The Constitution of Free Masons. In the section entitled Of the Management of the Craft in Working, we focused on the phrase “A younger Brother shall be instructed in working, to…
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45 WAYS TO IMPROVE LODGE ATTENDANCE
The key to good attendance is simple: You must give your members a reason to WANT to come to your lodge. Boring meetings is the single greatest reason 85% of the Masons don’t attend lodge regularly. Look around the lodge tonight. How many members are present? How many total members are in the lodge? If…
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CIVIL SOCIETY AND FREEMASONRY
I encourage you to read Zito’s editorial (excerpted below), because it speaks about the vital importance of fraternalism in America throughout our history, and why organizations like the Freemasons are needed at this very moment in time more than ever. From America’s Dearth of Civil Society: Freemasons are civic leaders, and the room is filled with…
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THE KEY TO UNLOCKING SELF-IMPROVEMENT
When we join Freemasonry, most of us did it for the opportunity to improve ourselves. You have probably heard the claim made by some Masonic Organizations “We make good men better” and it is quite attractive, but one thing we insist in ignoring is, the word “Self” in Self-Improvement. Yes, Freemasonry contains lessons that have been passed…
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5 SIMPLE TIPS TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR MASONIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
As you already know, the stability of a building is dependent on the strength of its foundation. Similarly, the educational foundation of every newly-initiated Mason is equally as important to their growth and progression through life. I have seen many Brothers who, soon after being accommodated in the North East corner of the Lodge, are…