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Brethren, This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by RW Bro Wayne Spooner, member of several committees on the Grand Lodge of Illinois. Subordinate lodges in most jurisdictions are started as an idea for a new beginning, and an opportunity to locally perpetuate the goals and principles of ancient Craft Masonry. Here we find an excellent discussion concerning some ideas a group of men might bring to the start of a new Lodge. 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 RW Bro Leon Zeldis, Editor – The Israel Freemason, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star #14, Maine. Visitors to the old city of Jerusalem can take a tour of the Cave of Zedekiah, a cave descending beneath the wall of the city, more commonly known as the Quarries of King Solomon. How this cave relates to and instructs the Craft is an interesting tale. 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 Alphonse Cerza, GH – IL, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. For many years, centuries in fact, men of every race and political position have been drawn to Freemasonry for a variety of reasons. One of the most compelling of those reasons is the Craft’s ability to unite men of such differences into one solid band of friends and brothers. Here, we find an excellent discussion of this facet of our gentle Craft. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these episodes with your brothers, your Lodge, and your friends.

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro David Ritchie, PGCh – WI, and is brought to us by WBro Warren E. Bowie, PM – Acacia #121, Durham ME. Here, we find a discussion about who knocks at our West gate: the Pillars of our communities? Or the very rough Ashlar who learns to be a Pillar, once brought to the Light? 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 Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1927. Outside of the home and the house of God, there is nothing more beautiful than the Spirit of Masonry. Gentle, gracious, and wise, it’s mission is to form mankind into a great, redemptive brotherhood, a league of free men working out the will and intent of God. 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 Claudy, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The essence of a symbol is that it represents something other than what it actually is. A stick is just a stick, but three sticks, arranged in a particular way, represent a triangle, which in turn represents so much more. Here, we take a deep dive into the symbolism that makes Freemasonry what it is, and not something else. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.