* TO PROCRASTINATE OR NOT TO PROCRASTINATE * ARE YOU A CURATOR OF THE CRAFT? * THINK TANKS? * LOGS OF EFFORT John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS March 2026 I s it worth fighting the natural urge to procrastinate? Many psychologists argue…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS March 2026 T he Builder Magazine (1915-1930) was the official monthly journal of the National Masonic Research Society, founded in Anamosa, Iowa, and explicitly styled as “A Journal for the Masonic Student.” It ran for fifteen years…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden full of weeds.[1] E xploring Freemasonry without also exploring the structure through which Lodges convey it is like launching a ship without…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS, and Dan M. Kemble, PM, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research March 2026 T he Good Man Theory does not have a definitive “first appearance” as a formalized concept, but its essence has been…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 T he first Constitution of Freemasons in 1723 tells us about the importance of employing the concept of merit in the selection of principle officers-men of proven character and labor, not mere tenure, or…
John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, William O. Ware Lodge of Research Fellow and PM, BF, FPS MARCH 2026 I have never been disappointed in Freemasonry – only our response to it. ~ Bill Lorenz, PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research T he first and necessary step toward improving anything that falls…
THERE ARE NO BAD ORCHESTRAS FREEMASONRY AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS Download PDF THERE ARE NO BAD ORCHESTRAS FREEMASONRY AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS hn W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington Lodge No. 1, Fellow and PM, William O. Ware Lodge of Research, BF, FPS This paper is an extract of the Keynote presentation delivered at the November 6, 2025, William…
Download PDF GENERALS JOHN BRECKINRIDGE CASTLEMAN AND DANIEL R. COLLIER How Freemasonry Helped Avert a Second Civil War in Kentucky Dan M. Kemble, Past Master, William O. Ware Lodge of Research The immediate aftermath of the death of Governor William Goebel in Frankfort, Kentucky on February 3, 1900 brought Kentucky to the brink of civil…
Two of many findings from a 1988 Masonic survey of fifteen states continue to stand as a testament to the reality that the institution of American Freemasonry pays little attention to the findings of Masonic surveys, even when correctable problems are identified. One finding from that survey, unsurprisingly, remains common: Masons are content to take degrees, identify themselves as a Mason, not attend Lodge, but continue to pay dues. One of the conclusions noted from the 1988 survey was foretelling: Left to its own devices, [American Freemasonry] will be half its present size in 2000 and half again in 2010. In the thirty-one years since that survey, American Freemasonry lost 58.4% of its membership.
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