Craftsmen Online Podcast

WB Ted Cross returns to announce a free course this summer on American History! Starting June 8th, you can join Brothers from across New York State in the "What the Founders Meant by Happiness” online course from Arizona State University in collaboration with the National Constitution Center. Dr. Cross shares the course outline; our Founding Fathers intent that Americans explore happiness not as the personal pursuit of feeling good but as an idea closely tied to character, civic responsibility, leadership, and participation in a constitutional democracy.

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This July 4th, we will celebrate 250 years of American Independence. WB Gordon Moccio is the author of “By The Signs We Know Them: Masonic Bonds In The Civil War.” His book covers many of the battles in the War Between the States, and sheds light on the men and Masons during this important time in American History.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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Leadership is one of the least talked about benefits of Freemasonry. In his presentation: "Convinced: The Science of Leadership,” WB Ted Cross explains that leadership is the ability to convince others to act. He moves beyond basic management, using research in behavioral economics and psychology to show how leaders win hearts and minds. Our discussion will  provide methods on how you can change group behavior (and Lodge Meetings) through vision and storytelling.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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Is your Lodge's Masonic education program truly providing Light? Or does it end with a monotonous reading from the ritual book? For many Masons, the deep, transformative promise of the Craft gets lost in the routine repetition of words without an exploration of their meaning. In this episode of Craftsmen Online, we talk with Brother Garrett Pottmeyer, Senior Warden and Lodge Education Officer of Grants Pass Lodge No. 84 in Oregon. Garrett is revitalizing his Lodge’s educational experience drawing inspiration from the work of W. L. Wilmshurst's classic "The Meaning of Masonry" and the practical wisdom of Kirk MacNulty's "Working the Way of the Craftsman."

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
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Nothing tops when you connect with a Brother who shares the same passion for exploring a Masonic symbol. WB Cedric Jacobson walks us through Freemasonry's most profound and layered symbols: The Point Within a Circle. Bro. Cedric takes us deeper, moving beyond the surface-level explanation to reveal a deeper framework that connects the Mason to the celestial cycles of the sun, the patronage of the Holy Saints John, and the Great Architect’s divine Geometry.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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Inspired by his article, "In Search of Light," Bro. Amer Abu-Houran expands on why the Truth sought in Masonry extends beyond traditional philosophical theories. Bro. Abu-Houran, who is also an educator, brings unique perspectives from his teaching of Theory of Knowledge and Computer Science to illuminate how order, reflection, and consistency form the foundation of integrity. 

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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Bro. Sean Moody is a content creator and influential Traveling Man known online as Seanald Connery. He has built a massive following by providing high-value tech, finance, and life hacks. While he tells people he is, “just a guy living in a basement who's figured out lots and lots of hacks,” you'll quickly find out when I have given him the title of the “Most Interesting Traveling Man” I have ever met!

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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• Yes, we're on Instagram.
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On this episode: RW Cliff Jacobs shares insights from nearly four decades of Masonic service. Our conversation uses the Sufi parable of the blind men and the elephant to explain different Masonic perspectives. We explore Bro. Cliff's journey through the York Rite, Scottish Rite, his service to the Grand Lodge of New York, and esoteric studies.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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WB Reed Endersbe is the co-host of the Minnesota Masonic Histories and Mysteries Podcast. He serves as a Regional Director for the Grand Lodge of Minnesota. Our conversation explores the origins and important figures of Minnesota Freemasonry. We discuss why history is a primary interest for Freemasons. We also examine Freemasonry’s wider impact through charity and community service.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
• Visit the Craftsmen Online website to learn more about our next Reading Room event, New York Masonic History, and our Masonic Education blog!
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WB Jorge Manuel Molina Aguilar, recently published a profound article in The Square Magazine titled "Transformational Leadership in Contemporary Freemasonry." Bro. Jorge joins us to discuss how the Craft, by its very nature, is a school for a specific kind of leadership, one that does not impose but inspires.

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• Join us on Patreon. Start your FREE seven day trial to the Craftsmen Online Podcast and get instant access to our bonus content! Whether it's a one time donation or you become a Patreon Subscriber, we appreciate your support.
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