Texas Freemason Magazine

  By James C. “Chris” Williams IV, Staff Writer - Profound Pontifications of Brother John Deacon As I begin to write this month’s article I have to chuckle a little remembering my monthly meeting with John.   I could tell when he drove onto the lot and parked in front of the shop that he was, shall we say, “in distress,” as he sometimes is.   As he slid out of that big F-350 I could see that he was either talking to himself or his truck.   I know this for two reasons.   First, he doesn’t have a clue what Bluetooth is, so I know he wasn’t talking on his cell phone and two, he has been known to actually talk to his truck….aka Blackie.   He was still mumbling to himself as he walked in the door.   “Hey Brother John,” I called out in as pleasant a voice as I could muster.   “Who’re you talking to?”   He just stared at me, and I knew he was still upset with me for what happened earlier in the month.   He stood at the counter and gave me a ste...

Sourced By Martin Solis, Staff Writer - From The Builder Magazine February to July 1926 PART I We are very pleased indeed to introduce to the readers of The Builder a new contributor.   Bro. Thiemeyer is young both in years and in Masonry, yet already he has made more progress in knowledge than many of his seniors.   He has chosen to deal with a very difficult, yet most interesting subject, and we have the promise of further articles from his pen. A DISCUSSION IN THREE PARTS Bro. Ernest E. Thiemeyer, Missouri THE INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE STORY NOTHING in the so-called Blue Degrees of Masonry even remotely approaches the Legend of the Third Degree for solemnity, beauty, impressiveness, or philosophy, it is, in fact, the summit of Craft Freemasonry.   As a subject of constantly recurring interest it has appealed to students as a problem to be solved, a mystery to be unraveled, and has attracted the minds of the greatest Masonic scholars of all tim...

  By Brother David Rogers, Grand Chaplain - 2022, and Chad LaGrone, Grand Chaplain - 2026 Brethren ALL! What a true honor it is to share some thoughts with you! “How good and how pleasant it is….”!  Didn’t your mind jump to a great memory from your Masonic walk when you started to read that.   Aren’t we all truly grateful and feel blessed for all we experienced and thankful for all the “good” we have and can do through our great Masonic Family!? We are asked, as a reminder of out sacred ties, the Masonic   rhetorical question “Am I my brother’s keeper?”  In Masonic presentations or dialogs, we hear this as rhetorical, as we all know WE ARE our brother’s keeper from every taught and embraced moral principle of our Craft.  We know from the Great Light, the question, ironically, was first asked by the murderous and unfaithful brother Cain, who attempted to deflect attention to his guilt by this evasive response.    I am also reminded from t...

By Brother James C. “Chris” Williams, IV – Staff Writer -  The Profound Pontifications of Brother John Deacon I don’t really know.  Maybe it was just that time of the year.  The weather had started getting cooler and I could see some leaves starting to change color.  The squirrels that entertained us all day running and jumping from limb to limb in that big old Oak tree outside the window of the shop were busy collecting acorns.  Watching them made me think it might be a colder than normal winter this year.  I had been feeling a lot hungrier lately and I wondered if it was just that natural biological instinct to begin to prepare for the winter.  As I was daydreaming watching those squirrels, out of the corner of my eye I saw a big black truck pull into the handicapped parking place right in front of the door to the shop.  The old saying that “you better watch out what you wish for because you just might get it” popped into my head as I watched h...