From the Secretary’s Desk

Dear Brothers, I’d like to offer two quick reminders this month. First, if you are interested in being a part of the book study on The Path of the Holy Fool by Lauren Artress (which will take place on Zoom, once a month), please let me know as soon as possible. Secondly, please remember that you will not be receiving […]

GREETINGS FROM THE CORNER DESK During COVID, about a dozen brothers from Jephtha met monthly by Zoom for a book study on Alchemical Psychology. It was one of my favorite experiences of that strange and confusing time. With permission from the W Michael Crispino, it is my pleasure to invite you to join a new book study on The Path […]

Dear Brothers, I have been moving books from home to my office. (At home, they pile up and annoy my wife; at the office, they pile up and nobody has any say in the matter!) One of them was my copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. This morning, it popped open to this: Waste no more time arguing what a […]

It is that time again; the time you have all been waiting for, dues time. If you have not yet received your dues notice, you will be soon. Jephtha’s dues are among the lowest on Long Island, but they are an essential part of our budget. Please pay them by the end of the year, if at all possible. (If […]

My Dear Brothers, I’m writing, this month, from Tucson, Arizona – it’s my first time in Arizona and I’m enjoying the beauty of the mountains (which remind me of Sicily), the warmth of the sun (which I know, as a New Yorker, I will not feel much in the coming months), and the beauty of incredible sunrises (which I rarely […]

Dear Brothers, As we embark on a new Masonic season, I’d like to take a few moments to offer a couple of quick reminders. Some of this will be “old news” to many of you; but Jephtha is an active and ever-growing lodge, and it is often better to hearsomething repeated than to never hear it at all: • Please […]