Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Allen E. Roberts, PM – Babcock #322, Highland Springs VA, and is brought to us by Bro Rich Gravelin, United #8, Brunswick ME. The merciful role Freemasonry was to play during the bitter years of reconstruction started on the day Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to evacuate the trenches in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Here is more of that story. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, one of the Craft’s greatest writers. Here we find his wisdom clearly expressed: timeless, timely, and poignant in ways few modern writers achieve, exploring that religion in which all men agree. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers, your Lodge, and your church.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro H. Dwight McCalister, PGM – SC, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. The first annual meeting of The Masonic Service Association was held on November 11–13, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the fiftieth annual meeting held in Washington, DC, February 25, 1969, Brother H. Dwight McAlister, PGM and grand secretary of South Carolina, delivered this inspiring address to celebrate the Association’s Golden Anniversary. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Sidney Kase, PGM – WA, and first published in November 1990. Why should our gentle Craft concern itself with students attending public schools? Here, we find an interesting and compelling argument for why we should. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge. And while you’re at it, thank a teacher.

Brethren, this was one of the very first STBs that were sent to every member Lodge in April 1923, and was prepared by Clara Richards. As the future of public education is now a hot topic among the leadership of the United States, it seems like a good time to revisit how our forbears though, and re-emphasize the Craft’s unwavering support for education, educators, and the importance of the greatest public enterprise in our country, one on which our collective future depends. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, Past Secretary of the MSANA, and first published in March 1964. The Attentive Ear is one of the Jewels of a Fellowcraft, and especially poignant in these days of division. Listening to understand is so much more important than listening to reply, and the Attentive Ear is our mechanism to do this very thing. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Howard R. Cruse, and is brought to us by RW Bro Pete Cutler, PDDGM 14th, Maine. In Masonic symbolism the lambskin apron holds precedence. It is the initial gift of Freemasonry to a candidate, and at the end of life’s pilgrimage, it is reverently placed on his mortal remains and buried with his body in the grave. Above all other symbols, the lambskin apron is the distinguishing badge of a Mason. Here we find an excellent discussion. Enjoy, and do share this with your brothers and your Lodge, and especially with your newest EAs.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Howard L. Cruse, first published in May 1928. Ancient Craft Masonry attains its climax in the symbolism of a lost word and a quest for its recovery, but in our ritualistic work there is little attempt at explanation. Here, we find remedy for this condition, and some explanation. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, when the Short Talk Bulletin “9 Questions” was released in 1938, the response was robust and enthusiastic, and the author and MSANA Secretary, Carl Claudy, was encouraged to write more like it. We have had the same result with the Podcast, so, here we find the follow-up to “9 Questions”, specifically “9 More Questions”, also presented by Bro Colin Britton, Secretary of Freeport #23, Maine. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Colin Briton, Freeport #23, Maine. There are certain questions that most Masons, and many non-Masons, have about our gentle Craft, that aren’t clarified by ritual. For example: why must we never cross between the Altar and the East when Lodge is open? Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.