As today’s Freemasons, we are aware of the amazing history of our Ancient Craft.
We are aware of the tremendous accomplishments of Freemasonry, and its appendant bodies.
We are aware of the world changing movements sparked by members of our Honorable Fraternity.
We know, without any doubt, that our world would be a much darker place had the Light of Freemasonry never existed.
Yet we also know that Freemasonry in North America has faltered ever since television was popularized.
We know that a great many of our Lodges are mere shadows of what they could be.
We know that we currently have difficulty attracting, and even more difficulty retaining great men.
By looking at broader society, we can see that the declining influence of Freemasonry, and Freemasonic values is resulting in a coarser, more brutal, and more divided world.
But we know how to fix it.
We know how to make the Light of Freemasonry shine brightly again.
We know how to reimagine, rethink, and revitalize our Lodges so that they are vibrant, thriving, growing, so that they are truly alive.
Each of us, working together, we can fulfill the promise of Freemasonry.
That is exactly what we are doing here on Emeth.
We are reimagining our Ancient Craft.
We seek not to make our Lodges good, we seek to make our Lodges Legendary.
We don’t want milktoast Freemasonry. We don’t want ‘good enough’ Freemasonry. We certainly don’t want dull Freemasonry.
We want Legendary Freemasonry.
And as active, involved, and thinking Freemasons, we want to Live The Legend Of Freemasonry, every day.
We know that a candidate, receiving the Degrees of Masonry must be Initiated, Passed, and Raised in the very best form our Lodge is capable of providing.
We know that after he receives a Degree our new Brother deserves the very best mentoring and coaching that we can provide.
Knowing how important a great meal is to great fellowship, we understand that our Lodges can not go cheap and easy when it comes to Lodge dinners, rather we must spend time and effort to create something wonderful ourselves, or money to hire someone to do it for us.
We know that no man ever joined Masonry so that he could sit around and argue about paying the bills, or hearing meeting minutes read, so we understand that our Lodges must provide compelling Masonic education, first and foremost, at every Stated Meeting.
Instinctively we understand that a single unsuitable man in our Lodge will drive great men away from our Lodge is droves, so we realize that we must do all that we can do to Guard Freemasonry’s West Gate.
We know that we need great leaders if we are to have great Lodges, so we understand that we must teach leadership and ensure that a Mason rises by merit, not time in a chair.
Understanding that Legendary Fellowship is vital to a healthy Lodge, we know that we must toast or Brothers at every turn, congratulate the wonderful events in their lives, stand with them through their hard times.
We realize that we must get out of the Lodge Room, that to build a Legendary Brotherhood we must spend time working together, partying together, traveling together, BBQing together, and that we must do these things frequently.
We know that as the present conservators of a truly Ancient Institution, we must protect and preserve that which we received from the Masons who came before us, so that it can be passed down, intact and improved, to our grandchildren.
This is Legendary Freemasonry.
This is what we are working to create, by learning from each other, here on Emeth.
Well stated, MWB Cameron
Masonry as it should be