The Burning Taper

Where do you stand politically? Take this anonymous online test called The Political Compass , and see your position on the grid between Authoritarianism and Libertarianism, between Left and Ri...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2011/08/your-political-compass.html

‎ "If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2011/08/selfish-or-uncaring.html

It's been over a year since I've posted on The Burning Taper, and longer than that since I've posted anything actually relevant or even interesting. It was burnout that kept me from writing, ...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2011/08/let-sun-shine-in.html

It seems many rank-and-file Masons, in many locales, are becoming more and more fed up with the actions of Grand Lodge leaders. This short article was sent to The Burning Taper recently. The au...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/06/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.html

For the past four Memorial Days , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 ], I've honored the memory of those who have died in the War in Iraq, or whatever we're calling that quagmire this year, when we talk about i...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/living-with-war-memorial-day-2010.html

The Burning Taper received the following email a few days ago. Anyone like to take a shot at answering this woman's questions? > sir, as a Christian I've always been troubled with the...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-freemasonry-just-as-good-as.html

The following is reprinted from the website of Bro. Derek Gordon . One Battle Is Over, But The War Is Not A great man and Mason, who was overshadowed by the three-term Franklin D. Roosevelt ad...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-battle-over-but-war-continues-by.html

This is a message from Bro. Darrell Waddell. > Brethren,  >  > One of our Louisville, Kentucky brothers has embarked on a > tremendous journey across the United States! Iraq...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/follow-travelling-man-across-usa.html

Bro. Fred Milliken has written an excellent piece titled "I Resign." Though the information presented about Bro. Derek Gordon's ordeal with the Grand Lodge of Arkansas is interesting and enligh...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/not-your-grandfathers-freemasonry.html

Below is a recent email from Doug Simmons, Past Deputy Grand Lecturer and Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, published with his permission: > Your post >  > r...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/arkansas-grand-lodge-resignations.html

Update, May 5: The resignations of Bros. Weatherall and Jones have been confirmed by an officer of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas. I am awaiting his permission to publish his email on The Taper. T...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/05/arkansas-grand-lodge-officers-said-to.html

The following is by Bro. Derek Gordon. Remember the beginning! Prince Hall plates! by Bro. Derek Gordon Someone asked how this whole mess began. So, I thought it would be best to remind people...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/remember-beginning-prince-hall-plates.html

The following article is by Bro. Derek Gordon, who is currently awaiting Masonic trial by the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, for purported but unspecified "unmasonic conduct." The Story of my Search ...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/searching-for-light-in-arkansas-night.html

The following is by Bro. Derek Gordon, a young Freemason from Arkansas. The Grand Lodge of Arkansas has charged him with unmasonic conduct. If "convicted," he will be expelled from Masonry. The...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/handshake-of-expulsion.html

The Burning Taper receives many emails from Freemasons and others interested in Masonry. With the writer's permission, I'm sharing with you a recent email from an expelled Mason from Arkansas. ...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/letter-from-expelled-arkansas-freemason.html

"The purpose of Freemasonry is not charity nor is it a fraternal society. These are but attributes which have developed. The real purpose of Masonry is the eternal search for truth, the truth ab...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-is-purpose-of-freemasonry.html

In the comments section to his own March 30 blog article "Grand Lodge of Arkansas Pulls Charter, Files Charges Over Website," Bro. Chris Hodapp posted the following words, which I found especia...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/bro-hodapp-on-masonic-racism.html

In January, 2010 the then-Grand Master of of Arkansas, Ronald Hedge, sent a letter to lodge secretaries forbidding Arkansas "mainstream" Freemasons to purchase or display Arkansas Masonic licens...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/text-of-letter-from-gm-of-arkansas.html

If you would like to make your voice heard to the officers of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, here is their contact list, adapted from the Arkansas Grand Lodge website , where you can see the full ...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/tell-grand-lodge-of-arkansas-what-you.html

Because of the huge amount of robot spam postings during the time The Burning Taper was temporarily dormant, the comment feature was deleted for a time. The settings have now been changed, and ...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/04/comments-welcome.html

This is the letter the Grand Lodge of Arkansas sent to Bro. Derek Gordon. Details on this story can be found here and here . We will post further developments as they become known. Masons | M...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/03/gl-of-ars-letter-to-bro-derek-gordon.html

The following article by Bro. Fred Millikan appeared yesterday on his blog, The Beehive, a part of the FreemasonInformation network. Bro. Fred's article provides more information, and some insi...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/03/aftermath-of-arkansas-license-plate.html

The 13th Annual UFO Symposium was held this weekend at the Aztec, New Mexico Masonic Lodge, today's Durango Herald reported . What a great setting for a UFO conference. The mingling of Masonry...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-freemasons-from-another-planet.html

On Feb. 27, The Burning Taper reported on the Grand Lodge of Arkansas's edict forbidding "mainstream" Masons from purchasing Masonic license tags from the state of Arkansas because the original...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/03/grand-lodge-of-arkansas-pulls-charter.html

Long-time readers of The Burning Taper know that I find stories about the bizarre things people do in the "name of Jesus" fascinating. These stories to me are like train wrecks I just can't igno...

http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2010/03/christian-cultists-convicted-of.html