Category: masonic education
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WB Darin A. Lahners Emeritus contributor Robert Johnson published an article this past Wednesday on this blog,ย 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. ย Leadership can be learned within Freemasonry, but it is…
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WB Darin A. Lahners Editor’s Note:ย The below is a reworked article from the Grand Lodge of Illinois A.F.&A.M. Educational Magazine, The Lyceum.ย As that article was focused on how Education is structured in Illinois, I have edited it to make it more generic.ย One of the questions that Masonic Educators get asked most often…
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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 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 Freemasons Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners As we continue to explore Dwight L. Smith’s seminal work, “Whither are We Traveling?”, we begin to explore his answers to the ten questions he posed for self-examination of the state of Ancient Craft Freemasonry in 1963. The questions he asked are as important and relevant now…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners I am a fan of the Emmy award-winning Apple + TV show, Ted Lasso. The title character, Ted Lasso (Jason Sudekis), is a former Division II College Football coach hired to coach a Premier League Football team, AFC Richmond. Ted moves along with his trusty side-kick Coach…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Kentucky with Senior Midnight Freemason contributor, Greg Knott. Greg has a home right off of Lake Barkley. Saturday while trying to decide what to do, I asked Greg if he had ever been to the Patton Museum…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners Brethren and Guests of Homer #199 It started with a conservation between Illus. Bro. Steven Harrison, soon to be Illus. Bro. Greg Knott and myself. Although it was derailed last year due to the pandemic, Steve Harrison has always been kind enough in the past several years…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin A. Lahners As an editor, I try not to run consecutive articles by the same author on the blog. However, something that happened to the District Education Officers (DEOs) and Area Education Officers (AEOs) of the Grand Lodge of Illinois this past Saturday at the District Deputy Grand Master…
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by Midnight Freemason Contributor WB Darin Lahners Before I begin, I want to make sure that I disclose that this is my own personal opinion and does not reflect any official opinion of any Masonic Body that I am affiliated with. I know a lot of Freemasons that take offense when some of our brethren…