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WB Darin A. Lahners The 1973 film Soylent Green was at the time of its release a shocking dystopian and grim depiction of the future. Set in the year 2022, it shows a society of haves and have-nots in which ecological disaster has caused a greenhouse effect that has rendered most vegetation and livestock…
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WB Darin A. Lahners I was disappointed by a recent decision made by the Grandmaster of Illinois regarding membership in Freemasonry when it comes to transgender individuals, much like I have expressed disappointment here over similar “decisions” made by various other Grandmasters of other jurisdictions. However, this isn’t a plea for Grandmaster…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Emeritus contributor Robert Johnson published an article this past Wednesday on this blog, The Midnight Freemasons: Not Leadership, which has these key takeaways (From his TL/DR version of the article): Freemasonry as an organization has no stance, responsibility, or obligation to teach Leadership. Leadership can be learned within Freemasonry, but it is…
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WB Darin A. Lahners WB Keith Sigwerth Freemasonry in my little corner of the woods was dealt a tremendous blow when a brother that many of you didn’t know by the name of, Keith A. Sigwerth passed away on Dec. 18, 2023, after being diagnosed earlier this year with Stage 4 pancreatic…
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WB Darin A. Lahners In Edgar Allan Poe’s Short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, published in 1846, revenge is the motive for a gruesome murder that takes place in an underground vault. There is no evidence that Poe was a Freemason. Many authors have gone out of their way to argue that the short…
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WB Darin A. Lahners I should have made about 1,500 copies of this meme and distributed them to every brother coming into our Grand Lodge sessions last week. Even though I knew pretty much what the outcome was going to be, I still left disappointed in my brethren. This session was no exception.…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Project Delta Kits assembled awaiting distribution to First Responders Recently while honeymooning after my elopement to my beautiful bride, Lisa Goodpaster (now Goodpaster Lahners), we were in Salem, Massachusetts. While in Salem, I endeavored to find the Masonic Lodge there. I just happened to bump into Worshipful Brother Jon Hinthorne,…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand For the times they are a-changin’ -Bro. Bob…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Recently, a good friend and brother, as well as a huge supporter of this blog, Jim Licquia, shared a little snippet he had found entitled: “What Freemasonry Expects of You”. Jim thought it might make a good article, and I accepted the challenge to write one about it. I have…