Masonic Charity to a Brother – A Personal Testimony The calendar tells me we are 364 days from the start of the next Triennial Conclave events getting underway in Salt Lake City. The pace is starting to pick up, and I am looking forward to meeting many of you before we gather there, and even…
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Why I am Seeking to be Deputy Grand Master – 8 August 2023
Why am I seeking this office? We are about 53 weeks from the opening of the 69th Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment in Salt Lake City, Utah. I hope that many of you will make plans to attend, because we have a lot of important work to do. As I write this message, the Masonic…
The Sun Never Sets on the Grand Encampment – 18 July 2023
The Sun Never Sets on the Grand Encampment! Ooh….did I hit a nerve or two with last week’s message, especially from Facebook readers. Had several messages, both public and private, from some widows of our Masonic brothers. Gentlemen, we have some work to do on that front, and that’s all I will say about it right…
Caring for the Wife, Widow, and Orphan (or Not) – 11 July 2023
Caring for the wife, widow, and orphan? Do we? Last week’s message on overcoming mediocracy garnered a lot of response and sharing across different groups. That is the kind of response I was hoping to see. Now, if we can take the sharing and convert it into action. This week, I’d like to address a…
Overcoming Mediocrity- 3 July 2023
Overcoming Mediocrity Harry Truman once said, “Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” I have to admit that I chuckled a bit when I read this. I didn’t know Brother Truman, other than as the historical figure who died when I was 11 years old, but I…
Good Governance: Part 1 – 13 June 2023
Good Governance: Do we have it? I have mentioned several times over the past 18 months that our governing documents, the Constitution, Statutes, and Decisions (CSD), have not had a serious revision since being implemented in 1910, and now are well over 260 pages, or more than ten times the length of the US Constitution, as amended, when both…
Honesty, Integrity, and Trust – 6 June 2023
Honesty, Integrity, Trust Greetings, Sir Knights! I’m Art Hebbeler, candidate for Deputy Grand Master, and welcome to another edition of Four Minutes with Art. This week, the topic is core values: Honesty, Integrity, and Trust. Honesty: “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” So said Thomas Jefferson in a letter he wrote in 1819. Without…
Annuncio della Candidatura di Art
A tutti i Cavalieri Sir del Grand’Encampment dei Cavalieri Templari degli Stati Uniti d’America, ovunque siate, un saluto! Nel agosto 2021, ho annunciato che mi candiderei per essere eletto nella linea del Grand’Encampment alla Conclave Triennale del 2024 a Salt Lake City, Utah. Oggi, annuncio che sarò candidato per la carica di Vice Gran Maestro…
Objava kandidature za Artura
Svim vitezovima Velikog reda vitezova templara Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, gdje god da se nalazite, pozdrav! U kolovozu 2021. godine, objavio sam da ću biti kandidat za izbor u redovima Velikog reda na Trienalnoj konklavi 2024. godine u Salt Lake Cityju, Utah. Danas objavljujem da ću biti kandidat za dužnost Zamjenika Velikog majstora i tražim vašu…
Anuncio de Candidatura de Art
A todos los Caballeros Comendadores del Gran Encampment de los Caballeros Templarios de los Estados Unidos de América, estén donde estén, ¡saludos! En agosto de 2021, anuncié que me postularía como candidato para las elecciones al Gran Encampment en la Conclavía Trienal de 2024 en Salt Lake City, Utah. Hoy, anuncio que seré candidato al…