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Lodge Culture Part 2: Culture vs. Climate
This is the second installation in my “Building Lodge Culture” series, which is inspired by School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker. If you haven’t read the first post in the series you can … Continue reading
An Introduction To Lodge Culture
If you’ve ever visited many other lodges you’ll soon come to the realization that no two lodges are alike. One lodge may be primarily concerned with fundraising while another may be focused on education; there may be a lodge that … Continue reading
Beginning With The End In Mind
Take a moment, if you would, and imagine that you find yourself sitting in a church at a funeral. You aren’t sure who’s funeral it is but when you look around you see many familiar faces. Curious, you walk to … Continue reading
My Response To ’10 Propositions For Texas Freemasonry’
This post is going to be a response to the blog post that Brother Lance Kennedy wrote earlier this month, which you can find here. If you haven’t read it then it’s worth your time to give it a peruse, … Continue reading
Dues That Still Don’t
This week I came across an interesting post in the Texas Freemasons group: Now, I usually like to keep to myself and I rarely contribute much to Freemasonry online unless I’m browsing My Freemasonry or posting something on this blog, but I couldn’t help … Continue reading
Masonic Improvement: Creating A Vision and Goals
In my previous post, I laid the groundwork for my series on lodge improvement. I wrote about what continuous improvement is and why it’s important but I never got into the details of implementation. Let’s dive in, shall we?
Best Practice For Masonic Improvement
Introduction According to Wikipedia, A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become … Continue reading
Getting Freemasonry Noticed
As a fraternity we do a lot of things hoping somebody will notice us. The majority of the time we seek attention hoping that some men will approach us and ask for a petition. Bigger has to mean better, after … Continue reading
Masonic Improvement 