The very best Seasons Greeting to one and all. We are all starting a new year with hope and great expectations for the future of Oregon Masonry. Most lodges are changing their leadership so let’s hope that those moving up have learned their lessons well. I hope you use the dark season wisely and find…
A Thought on Giving
October’s Northern Light: A Thought on Barriers and Walls
Hello from the North. It is starting to get chilly here, in more ways than one, but I expect that as wise Masons, you have already began to ‘winterize’ ourselves. I had hoped to go south for the winter, but that was not meant to be. Legend has it that our great fraternity developed from…
Grand Master’s Upcoming Official Visit, Plus Other Events
My Brethren, Fall has arrived, and with it some much cooler nights – and a little rain. Well, the summer was amazingly warm and dry, so a little cool and wet is welcome. Not too much cool and wet, though, I hope. At the end of September, on Wednesday the 30th, we will initiate another…
From the East – September 2015
My Brethren, Summer has not yet gone, and we still have a number of warm days ahead of us this year. But Labor Day is upon us, and the Lodges that have been dark through the summer are again at labor. Washington Lodge has been active throughout the summer. We raised two Masons in August:…
Northern Light: Individual Development
In our last connection, we discussed the role of good leadership as well as the necessity for members’ participation. By the very nature of Freemasonry, they are subjects that seldom leave our attention. There is, however, another, and perhaps equally important purpose of our fraternity, that of individual development. We are all well acquainted…
Greetings from the East
My Brethren, After two months without one, we are again publishing a Trestleboard, and will publish it in digital form and in print for those who don’t have internet access. The new Website promises to be very dynamic, and should provide far more information than it has in the recent past. This month, we are…
The Model Mason
By Bro. ROB. MORRIS There’s a fine old Mason in the land, he’s genial, wise and true, His list of brothers comprehends, dear brothers, me and you; So warm his heart the snow blast fails to chill his generous blood, And his hand is like a giant’s when outstretched to man or GOD; Reproach nor…
Northern Light – First Web Edition
Greetings and salutations my brothers. I hope you are finding the “dog days” of summer tolerable, despite the heat. A little precipitation might help a bit. Not as much as Noah had to deal with, though occasionally it occurs to me …. As usual, things are changing. It is possible that change is the only…