The world’s oldest fraternity, explained by someone who’s spent thirty years inside it.
Freemasonry is a brotherhood of men working at being better men — better husbands, fathers, neighbors, and citizens — using traditions handed down from the stonemason guilds that raised the great cathedrals. No, we don’t run the world. Yes, the friendships really are for life. I petitioned a Lodge in 1992, and it’s been one of the great privileges of mine.
My Masonic Journey Thirty years, twelve bodies, one timeline — from a nervous petitioner in 1992 to the Potentate’s podium in 2025. → /freemasonry/my-masonic-journey/
Writings & Talks Speeches and essays: Templar banking and the meaning of a promise, why commitment speaks louder than words, and one York Rite poem. → /freemasonry/writings-and-talks/
The York Rite Chapter, Council, Commandery — what the degrees beyond the Blue Lodge are, and the three Sarasota-area bodies I serve as Treasurer. → /york-rite/
Shriners & Sahib The fezzes, the parades, the little cars — and the children’s hospitals that are the reason for all of it. My year as Potentate, 2025. → /freemasonry/shriners-and-sahib/
Becoming a Mason ★ Nobody will invite you — you have to ask. Here’s the honest version of what you’re asking about. → /freemasonry/becoming-a-mason/
“The most powerful note any of us will ever issue is not printed by a bank. It is our given word.”
From KTs and Promissory Notes — a talk I delivered at Trinity Commandery on how the Knights Templar invented an early form of international banking, why a piece of parchment was honored across an ocean, and what that says about character in any century.
[Read the full talk →] (link to post when published)
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Every Mason’s journey started with a question.
Mine was thirty years ago. Ask yours — no invitation needed, no obligation attached.
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