Category: Freemasonry
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I had the extreme pleasure of being able to give a presentation at the Grand York Rite sessions for the three York Rite Bodies in Illinois this past week. Not only was I blessed with the opportunity to chair the Grand Royal Arch Chapters education committee for…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners One of my nightly rituals of late has been purposeful meditation upon trying to “listen” to the universe. I try to do this before falling asleep. I relax and attempt to let the distractions of the world, whether they be the noise of the interstate that sits…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners This week I ran across a rather sad and confusing incident which has happened in Massachusetts. Instead of trying to relay what happened, I will copy it from the St. Johns Lodge Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/St.JohnsLodgeNewburyport). Here it is below: Dated July 9, 2022, @ 6:35 P.M. – Author…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Memorial Day is traditionally observed on the last Monday in May to remember those who died in active military service. Our fraternity has a long history of members that have died defending our freedom and many who were much more famous than Capt. Wesley M. Tibbetts. However,…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners May is Mental Health Awareness month. In my mind, one of the major causes of mental health issues is our dependence on technology, especially social media. I’m not pointing fingers at anyone here, I’m as guilty as everyone else when it comes to social media use. However,…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners As the Area Education Officer for the Eastern Area of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, I have the distinct pleasure to serve on the Committee for Masonic Education for the Grand Lodge. In order to better serve the membership and…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I recently found out that the mother of a very good friend passed away. I hadn’t talked to my friend in some time. We seem to have a love/hate relationship, where we talk for some time, but then ultimately one of us does or says something that…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners One of my earliest, happiest memories is dancing around with my mother to Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) album, Teaser and the Firecat. My personal favorite song from that album is: Moonshadow, followed closely by the song: Morning has Broken. The song was originally published as…
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by Midnight Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Following the uproar caused by a certain incident that occurred during the telecast of the Academy Awards ceremony, Bro. Alex G. Powers asked the Kansas Freemasonry Facebook Group, the following: “If there is a Masonic conversation to come from the actions observed at the Oscars last night,…