Short Talk Bulletin

Short Talk Bulletin


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Inn Of Year’s End V2N1
January 01, 2026

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1924. We are all pilgrims travelling through time. As we reflect on the year past and anticipate the year to come, let us hear these

Kipling And Masonry V42N10
December 29, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, PES of the MSANA, and is brought to us by Bro Matt Bowers, host of the Scottish Rite Journal Podcast. Rudyard Kipling is one of the giants of modern English literary his

The Celebration Of Christmas V43N12
December 25, 2025

Brethren, as has become traditional at this time of year, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Dr Bro Joseph L. Blau in remembrance of his father. May we all receive the gift of Emmanu El, God with us, this season. Enjoy, and do share t

The Holy Saints John V53N12
December 22, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1975 by Rev Bro Oscar Alan Gwyn. On this winter Feast of St. John the Evangelist, let us remember why each of our Saints John so well

The Heart Of The Fraternity V49N12
December 18, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW B. Stuart Parker, PGM – Manitoba, and was first delivered to a Communication of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota. Here, MW Bro Parker should like to attempt to sketch out his concep

Relief V42N12
December 15, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Conrad Hahn, and first published in December 1964. In the Entered Apprentice degree, brotherly love, relief, and truth are described as the Tenets of the Fraternity, and this Bulletin i

In Whom Do You Put Your Trust V74N9
December 11, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Bro Harold L. Schieck, PGCh – PA, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. Every Mason is asked this question as part of the initiatory degr

Joseph Fort Newton V72N2
December 08, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Alan E. Roberts, Babcock Lodge #322, Highland Springs VA, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Brother Newton was a prolific Masonic writer whose work include

A Foundation Stone V64N5
December 04, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. This Short Talk was adapted from a pamphlet published by the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Illinois, entitled “What can a Mason tell a n

Power And The Glory V4N12
December 01, 2025

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in December 1926. Here we find an imaginative tale of the WM of a small country Lodge, who is dissatisfied with the seeming unimportance of his Lod