Freemasonry is not a single organization. Freemasonry is not a religion, although it looks a lot like one. In our last article, we explored the world of Freemasonry and its many orders and organizations.  In that article, we concentrated on the Blue Lodge, the basic unit in Freemasonry. In Blue Lodge Masonry, there are three earned degrees. Entered Apprentice Fellowcraft (Fellow of the Craft) Master Mason There is no higher degree in Masonry.  There are, however, higher numbered degrees which,... Read more

Likely, you have heard of Freemasonry or Masonry, as it is often called.  You might have a Mason in your family or seen a Masonic lodge in your town. One question I often hear from non-Masons is that it is not exactly clear  whether or not Freemasonry is a religion. The author has been a Master Mason since 1976 and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason for twenty plus years. Author’s note:  Freemasonry has evolved in different ways in different... Read more

If you read the Bible daily, or weekly, or once a year or twice in your lifetime…someone taught you the skills you needed to do that. That someone was most likely a teacher. Someone taught you how to read. In a few cases, it will  be a parent or some other person but in almost every case, you were taught to read by a teacher, a professionally trained, intuitive, caring, unselfish, and generous teacher. As I have stated many times,... Read more

The Holy Bible presents the reader with a single, definable, consistent deity who speaks with one voice throughout the entire Bible.  That much we know.  Right?   Does the Bible speak of gods other than Adonai? Author’s note:  I am using the substitute for the Tetragrammaton and non-binary pronouns when describing the god of Israel and of Christianity. Anyone who has attended church regularly or who went to Sunday school as child has certainly learned that the Bible teaches us... Read more