//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~a00fde806739c6ca0e26f5a6c8219a66efc9cb56f8bd02ec2e449d1942fe61d4 Masonic Wages reminds us of the oaths we took and the promises we have made.“Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are earned and paid in their dealings with one another; sympathy that begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a Mason.” ~ Brother Benjamin FranklinAvailable on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podcoin or whenever you find your podcasts. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:32:26 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/a0b2bec/podcast/play/3334158/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-02-16%2F37d4a277cb478d21d9bb3398c13ef2b2.m4a On Saturday, May 11th, 2019 I had the absolute pleasure to have a  casual conversation with a Masonic Brother and the 2015 Past Grand Master of California Most Worshipful Russ Charvonia.Our conversation was a Skype call, recorded on my Microsoft Surface Pro IV, in the garage, on Wifi using TechSmith's Camtasia 9.5. I did all the post work in Propellerhead Software's Reason. The Podcast is hosted at https://anchor.fm/masonicwagesAs mentioned in the podcast, here's the link to the info on the  Civility Scorecard which contains all the information you'll need to access this amazing tool. Thu, 23 May 2019 00:00:31 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/a0b2bec/podcast/play/3334158/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-02-16%2F37d4a277cb478d21d9bb3398c13ef2b2.m4a https://anchor.fm/s/a0b2bec/podcast/play/2730465/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2019-2-24%2F11840120-44100-2-f03a9ac36a82b.mp3  MasonicWages.com is to remind ourselves, that we did not join for gold or glory, but to be the ones doing the work, that is required of us, behind the scenes, helping where we can, when we can, as best as we can. To Learn from one another, to take good men of a moral value, that internal compass that ever points one in the right direction and makes them even better, by the allegoric and speculative lessons one receives while getting his degrees.  Masonic Wages.com was designed with the purpose to allow one to think, ponder, and absorb those sacred lessons that we learned as we took our degrees. As a California Freemason, that the brethren from other states and countries may do things slightly differently. However, to hold the belief that we all take our Blue Lodge degrees, in a similar form or with the same purpose and goal in mind.  The Staircase Lecture is to guide us in all that we do. The work, that one does to oneself, ever polishing that rough ashlar into a pu... Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:30:31 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/a0b2bec/podcast/play/2730465/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2019-2-24%2F11840120-44100-2-f03a9ac36a82b.mp3