Richardson Masonic Lodge Blog

At our Veterans Night on November 3, we moved into the Lodge room after dinner for a special presentation on gratitude and courage. Each Brother received a Gratitoad and Drake the Dragon as reminders of those two qualities and learned the meaning behind each one. Brethren and guests, Tonight, I brought with me two highly unofficial masonic teaching aids. And before anyone starts thinking through the ritual for them, let me save you the trouble. They are not in there. A rubber frog and a dragon. In my years of coaching triathletes, I have shared a few lessons with my athletes that, whether they realized it or not, were heavily influenced by Masonry. I have found that those lessons can

Tonight, I would like to talk about a subject that sounds simple on the surface, but I think it’s one of the most important aspects in Masonry. And that’s kindness. Now, were not talking about good manners, “please” and “thank you,” or holding a door open for stranger. Those are certainly good things. But as Masons, we’re called to something deeper It’s taking the lessons we learned in the degrees and living them out every day. Because, It’s hard to practice Brotherly Love, impossible to provide Relief, and hard to speak the Truth with genuine concern. without kindness, Sometimes a brother doesn’t need advice, or a lecture. He doesn’t need somebody to solve his problems. Sometimes he just needs a

As Junior Warden, my station observes the sun at meridian height, a celestial anchor that has guided mankind for millennia. Long before GPS, satellites, and atomic clocks, the midday sun was the ultimate standard of truth for time and direction. Today, we live in a hyper-modern world driven by algorithms, instant notifications, and digital screens. We are told that we are the most ‘connected’ generation in human history. Yet, if you look beneath the surface of modern society, you see a world struggling with profound isolation. We have thousands of virtual friends but fewer real handshakes. We have endless streams of data but a lack of genuine wisdom. Far from being a relic of the past, Freemasonry has never been