tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78905390510444308142024-03-18T12:30:59.259-04:00Building Builders!Uncommon Masonic EducationCoach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.comBlogger1495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-62672934229452770852024-03-18T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T06:00:00.216-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-18 -------------- RIP -------------- On this date (3/18) in 1314 CE, the Templar Grand Master Jacques DeMolay was burned at the stake. May he rest in peace. For Further Light: De Moley -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- WELL? -------------- Do you Truly Believe that a Bunch of Uninformed men, Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-73334120264206129242024-03-17T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-17T06:00:00.242-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-17 -------------- CHARACTER -------------- When Our Cast Authentically Portrays Our Characters, Our Patrons are Captivated by Our Play's Intent. When Our Cast Breaks Character, They Break the Play's Spell, and Our Patrons will Focus on Our Character. For Further Light:Character! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- &Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-43026856231141524272024-03-16T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-16T06:00:00.133-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-16 -------------- TROWELS -------------- Trowels Do No Good without Skill Coupled with Ample Amounts of Well-Tempered Cement to Spread. For Further Light:CEMENT... -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- Why members leave...-------------- TELOS --------------For Further Light:Telos... -------------- IGNORANCE -------------- "Not Ignorance, Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-59714497063800514482024-03-15T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-15T07:21:14.704-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-15 -------------- DANGEROUS -------------- Their Skills or Minds don't make Ruffians Rough Ashlars; their Hearts
do. They don't Complete the EA Work. Hence, they do FC Work on
Improperly and Ill-Prepared Foundations. This is what makes them so
dangerous. Empowered Minds Governed by Immature Hearts bring fourth
Civil Disharmony, Death and Buried Beauty.-------------Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-6570588896525046732024-03-14T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T06:34:39.173-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-14 -------------- HAVE IT! -------------- When They are All Present and They all Agree, you Truly have Something Very Special. For Further Light:BSW Relationship -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- OBTAIN IT! -------------- (Until you experience the results, this might not make sense.)Freedom*
occurs through doingCoach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-76034018345467689512024-03-13T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-13T06:00:00.144-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-13 -------------- LISTEN! -------------- When you find yourself once again face down on the floor, perhaps it's
God's firm way of saying to you, "I'm not kidding around with you. It's
time that you take a good look at your foundation." -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- EXPERIENCE! ---Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-21263999995863163102024-03-12T06:00:00.003-04:002024-03-12T06:20:40.823-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-12 -------------- INVENTORY ONLY! -------------- For Further Light:Completing that Temple! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Further Light:Speculative vs OperativeFor More Light:The Speculative Illusion For Light:Why no Records? -------------- INVENTORY ONLY! -------------- Knowledge is not Power; It's Inventory.It's only Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-46800192817520489812024-03-11T06:00:00.004-04:002024-03-11T06:00:00.138-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-11 -------------- ESOTERIC WHAT?!?! -------------- For Further Light:Esoteric Masonry -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- SUBS -------------- FILED UNDER: Why Substitutes? There
are very few true defenses one can successfully employ in dealing
effectively with Ruffians. One such defensive strategy Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-51190109210001827962024-03-10T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-10T09:39:51.520-04:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-10 -------------- INTRODUCTION -------------- Each Degree within Freemasonry is only the Simplest of Introductions to
Differing Parts of Masonry. Should you Choose to Experience only These
Introductions, you Miss Out on the Most Important Parts of Masonry's
Library.For Further Light:LIBRARY! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-45467862311530601222024-03-09T06:00:00.003-05:002024-03-09T06:47:30.714-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-09 -------------- SAD HUMOR --------------Alas, the Great Brotherly Divide! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Further Light: 15 Ruffians -------------- BANTER... -------------- <!--[if !mso]>
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.Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-13156875473312701052024-03-08T06:00:00.002-05:002024-03-08T07:32:46.191-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-08 -------------- TENETS! -------------- "If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been
excluded from this Degree [18° Knight Rose Croix], it merely shows how
gravely the purposes and plan of Masonry may be misunderstood. For
whenever the door of any Degree is closed against him who believes in
one God and the Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-40222321164303285222024-03-07T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T06:04:46.171-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-07 -------------- HUMOR --------------Some Atrocities only Brothers Recognize... -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- INSPIRE! -------------- Don't get Inspired by Great Men who become Freemasons. Get Inspired by Freemasons who Become Great Men. -------------- ATTRACTION! -------------- When Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-21524995775451083132024-03-06T06:00:00.000-05:002024-03-06T07:59:24.209-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-06 -------------- THE QUESTION: -------------- The Freemasonic Question has never truly been, "When did Freemasonry
Adopt Theater as its Central Method to Convey Morality?" This has been a
question based upon a false assumption. The True Question has always
been, "When did a specific Theatrical Agency Adopt Masonry as its
Central Theme to Convey Morality"? For Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-37366152225097978992024-03-05T06:00:00.014-05:002024-03-05T06:22:35.531-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-05 -------------- HUMOR -------------- Yup! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- HUMOR 2 -------------- Squaring One's Work... -------------- ...WAS A TIME... -------------- There was a time when the entire earth spoke a common language with an identical vocabulary. -- Gen 11:1Then, the Word was Lost... -------------- PSA -----Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-65245608629698646722024-03-04T06:00:00.002-05:002024-03-04T06:00:00.140-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-04 -------------- HUMOR --------------(Inspired hat tip to Bro. Richy Bennet!) -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- ENJOY! For Further Light:Road Map Talk -------------- SUPPORT IT! -------------- -------------- TEACH IT! -------------- You can pass out all the lanterns you want, but whenCoach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-67211855532757428472024-03-03T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-03T08:21:09.393-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-03 -------------- EXPERIENCE -------------- Honoring Fully your Obligations makes you a Mason. Using Them to Build
Masterfully is an entirely different Level of Reality that places
Life-Threatening Demands upon your Time, Morality and Ends. Of course, when you're a Master, you already know this from firsthand Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-90555852284834782912024-03-02T06:00:00.002-05:002024-03-02T09:17:28.409-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-02 -------------- HUMOR -------------- One of my favorite and first repurposed comic strip!(Inspirational hat tip to Brother Henry Eichner!) How many times have you heard SMIB inappropriately stated? For Further Light! -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Further Light:Degree Focus -------------- PSA --------------&Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-67103373120059406872024-03-01T06:00:00.002-05:002024-03-01T06:29:24.638-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-03-01 -------------- HUMOR -------------- Which one do you Exemplify?-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- PENALTIES -------------- Well... How does thisStrike you? -------------- PSA -------------- -------------- AT ALL TIMES -------------- "You are not to compel Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-69929997291726827722024-02-29T06:00:00.001-05:002024-02-29T06:00:00.443-05:00 Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-29 -------------- LEAP YEAR! -------------- -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- -------------- LEAP YEAR -------------- FILED UNDER: ASTRONOMY!!!! (and GRAMMAR!!!!) Happy Bisextile Day?!?!?! Bissextile - An old name for 'leap day' A leap year is a year that has an extra day—366 days, with February 29 as Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-37370511834228230582024-02-28T06:00:00.006-05:002024-02-28T06:00:00.148-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-28 -------------- HUMOR -------------- I've filed this under: Bumper Sticker Philosophies For Further Light: Bettering the Next Generations -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Further Light:Operative vs Speculative -------------- TV SET BONDS -------------- In all your diatribes over those who would sitCoach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-50492085020711891352024-02-27T06:00:00.002-05:002024-02-27T06:00:00.141-05:00 Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-27 -------------- INSTRUCT! -------------- Handing a man a 24 inch gauge with only sparse follow up instruction is
like handing a child the family's car keys. He may imagine that it can
get him somewhere fast, but he'll likely not get to where he needs to go
safely unless others step in. For Further Light:Completing the EA Work! &Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-73822104486598042112024-02-26T06:00:00.001-05:002024-02-26T06:00:00.215-05:00 Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-26 -------------- PSA -------------- Unfortunately, Some Brothers Willingly Accept Substitutes for The Real Thing.* * and shamelessly encourage others to do the same! (As an aside, it's utterly amazing, but not surprising, how some members fixate upon the square and compasses appearing on a can associated Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-56127031740758922812024-02-25T06:00:00.001-05:002024-02-25T06:00:00.157-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-25 -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- For Further Light:TOP TEN REASONS... -------------- BUILD MASTERFULLY! -------------- The Insanity of Expecting Mastery from an Experience is only
Overshadowed by calling Someone "Master" who has Yet to Build a
Masterpiece. For Further LightCoach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-48612506916094721412024-02-24T06:00:00.002-05:002024-02-24T06:00:00.243-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-24 -------------- THINK... -------------- Stop! Think about all the people in your life who made Significant
Beneficial Differences for you and in ways that Overwhelmed you each
time. * How have you Continued that Tradition for others? * What more can you Do to Further these ends? -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- &Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890539051044430814.post-88767213463862139022024-02-23T06:00:00.001-05:002024-02-23T06:00:00.211-05:00Random Building Thoughts - 2024-02-23 -------------- THE BOX YOUR IN -------------- Son, get real. That's a kitty litter box that you've trapped yourself in for all these years. Make sure when you're thinking outside of it that
you ain't dumping all that stuff on others that still belongs inside it. (with continual apologies to the Doctor!)&Coach John S Nagyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125859489883543590noreply@blogger.com0