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  1. Everything Old Becomes New Again by Chris Hodapp
  2. Quality vs. Quantity by Michael Bayrak, Knights of the North, Masonic Dictionary
  3. Eliminating the Ancient Symbolic Penalties? by K.W. Aldridge, BSMTMD Lodge No. 35, Secaucus, and PGM/Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Quebec
  4. What Are We Trying To Save? by Thomas W. Jackson
  5. To Dress or Not to Dress by John W. Bizzack, Cameron C. Poe
  6. Boring Our Members To Death by Chris Hodapp
  7. It’s About Time for Dreams to Exceed Memories! by Rich Graeter
  8. History of the Guild System by H.L. Haywood, Editor, The Builder Magazine, Nov. 1923 -Volume IX -Number 11
  9. How a Comma Can Change Your Mind by Cameron C. Poe
  10. Masonic Education Looking to the Future by Thomas W. Jackson
  11. Masonic Traditions for the 21st Century by Dennis V. Chornenky
  12. Our Grand Experiment When Amity Becomes Enmity by Michael Stoops
  13. Reading Masons and Masons Who Do Not Read by Albert G. Mackey (1875)
  14. The Challenges of Masonry in the 21st Century by Thomas W. Jackson
  15. The Restaurant at the End of the Masonic Universe by Stephen Defoe
  16. The Unlodged Mason by Greg Stewart, Freemason Information Web Magazine
  17. What Are We Trying To Save? by Thomas W. Jackson
  18. Reading, Writing & Apathy by Stephen Dafoe
  19. Making Good Men Better by Rhit Moore
  20. Slow Down by Cameron C. Poe
  21. Traveling Beyond the Horizon – Esotericism by Esotericism
  22. What Do We Want to Be? by Thomas W. Jackson
  23. The Origins of Freemasonry – Whence Came We? by John Hamill
  24. What Came You Here to Do? by Andrew Hammer
  25. Circumambulation by John D. Cissell
  26. That’s Not The Way We Did It In My Year by Carl W. Davis
  27. Eight Questions on Observant Masonry by Andrew Hammer
  28. Eight Steps to Excellence by Andrew Hammer
  29. The Concept of Observance by Andrew Hammer
  30. Explaining the Concept of the Chain of Union by Andrew Hammer
  31. Explaining the Chamber of Reflection by Andrew Hammer
  32. A Little Learning is A Dangerous Thing by W. Robert “Wes” Ellis (1964)
  33. George Washington and the Virtue of Temperance by Dan M. Kemble
  34. Lodges of Research by Dan M. Kemble
  35. The Scottish Craftsman – My Understanding of Masonry by Omer H. Stubbs (1963)
  36. “Dress for Success“ by Dave Cassesa
  37. “When am I Truly a Master Mason?“ by Dave Cassesa
  38. “What Is Freemasonry?“ by Dan M. Kemble
  39. “Down to Bedrock“ by Carroll M. Curtis, PGM
  40. Early Covington Freemasonry by Ed M. Vardiman
  41. Outgoing Master’s Address October 30, 2019 by Dan M. Kemble
  42. What Happens in Lodge Presentation by Dan Kemble
  43. Be All You Can Be by John Yates
  44. Covid 19: The Change Freemasonry Needed by S. Brad Drew
  45. Six Generations – One Freemasonry – WB S. Brad Drew
  46. What is Freemasonry? WB Dan Kemble
  47. Who’s Left Standing: Freemasonry after Covid-19 by Dan Kemble
  48. Masonry, Where It Was, Where It Is and Where It’s Going by Ed Tanner
  49. The Behavioral Guide to Freemasonry by Cameron Poe
  50. Anxiety and Freemasonry by Richard Hanson
  51. 24 Inch Gauge by Thomas L. Nitschke II
  52. Portal: An Ophthalmologist’s Masonic Perspective on the Eye by Thomas Harper, MD
  53. Challenging Freemasonry​ by Tom Nitschke
  54. The Pot of Incense by Jamie Gonzalez
  55. Innovations: What Is It That We Are Passing On? by Dan Kemble
  56. The Pillars of Our Lodge by Steve Lancaster
  57. The Postponement by John W. Bizzack
  58. The Tyler by John W. Bizzack
  59. It is Time We Cross the Rubicon and Battle our 20th Century Ruffians by Robert G. Davis
  60. Communication and the Decline of Our Institution by Dennis M. Roberts
  61. A Quarter for Your Thoughts! by The Quiet Mason
  62. A Brief History of the Order of the Eastern Star in Kentucky by David E. Jones
  63. Who is Your Hiram by Dennis M. Roberts
  64. Learning and Conferring Our Work by Jaime Gonzalez
  65. Newton’s Law – The Restorative Work of Joseph Fort Newton by Dan M. Kemble, Past Master, William O. Ware Lodge of Research
  66. Geometry by W. Robert Ellis that appeared in the Masonic Home Journal in 1968.
  67. Race in Freemasonry by Jaime Gonzalez
  68. Good Books, Great Books: How to Have a Dialogue With the Past by Antonio Mántica
  69. The Kentucky Masonic Lodges that Weren’t by Bill Lorenz
  70. Rebuilding a Masonic Lodge by Jacob Fields
  71. Is the Lodge Alive and Well: Part 1 by David Daugherty
  72. The Changing Demographics of Freemasonry by Dan M. Kemble
  73. The Great Masonic Can-Kicking: 1779-2024 by John W. Bizzack, PM, Lexington, Lodge No. 1, Lexington, Kentucky
  74. Applying Masonry by Roger Kehrt
  75. From Sisyphus to Self-Mastery: Knowledge Leads to Improvement by Jeremy Scott Patrick
  76. Religion, Freemasonry, and Scripture: Pivotal Moments in Our History by Reverend Terry T. Tilton