http://www.iowacity4.org/ XOOPS is a dynamic Object Oriented based open source portal script written in PHP. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:54:55 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ XOOPS WebLinks 0.9 XOOPS WebLinks webmaster@iowacity4.org webmaster@iowacity4.org en http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/05/bro-theron-dunn-suffers-renal-failure.html The Burning Taperjoins with other Masons throughout the blogosphere and The Real World in sending our best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery to our brother Theron Dunn.He suffered kidney failure ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/05/point-of-pale-light.html Humanity|Carl Sagan|Pale Blue Dot|Burning Taper|BurningTaper.com Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/05/weve-confused-our-priorities.html This article originally appeared recently inBro. Tim Bryce's column. It was written by Bro. Patrick O'Neill of Colorado. His message bears repeating and republishing.Possibly the greatest danger to Fr ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/05/we-all-shine-on-bro-fred-milliken-aka.html This is our 19th installment of "This Is Who I Am," our never-ending series of essays by and about readers of The Burning Taper.My name is Frederic L. Milliken, a/k/a Squire Bentley. More about that p ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://xoriente.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/happy-birthday.html Early yesterday morning, the Masonic Society went online, and unveiled itself to the world. What is the Masonic Society? It is an intellectual Society of Masons dedicated to not just focusing on the ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://xoriente.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/here-read-this.html I've never been a huge fan of Ken Wilbur, mostly because I haven't read his works. But after reading this, I think I may have to go back and take another gander at his work. I like that his conception ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/world-conference-of-masonic-grand.html From apress releasefrom Grand Lodge of Free And Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia:April 25, 2008 ? For the first time ever, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Col ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-all-shine-on-bro-greg-stewart-aka.html Here it is, the 18th installment of "We All Shine On,"The Burning Taper's never-ending series of essays from online Freemasons and other readers of this blog. Today's is from Bro. Greg Stewart, also k ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/florida-to-produce-christian-license.html It seems like lots of controversy, religious and political, comes out of the state of Florida. Two years ago we found a pizza mavenbuilding a Christian city.Now the Florida legislature is debating whe ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-all-shine-on-timothy-bonney.html This is our 17th installment in the series "This is Who I Am." The series is made up of short essays fromBurning Taperreaders telling us about themselves.Over the past several weeks the Widows Son and ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/experimental-theologists-near-finding.html Imagine Margaret Thatcher in her prime as Prime Minister wandering through a Conservative cocktail party, attracting hangers-on keen to hear her every utterance and be seen with someone so powerful.Th ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/royal-order-of-scotland-cant-pay-their.html America isn't the only place where Freemasonry has lost its "influence."The provincial lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland is currently in last-minute negotiations with its Merchant City (a central d ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/senate-honors-americans-dead-in-iraq.html I stand with the United States Senate in their Resolution today "honor[ing] the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have lost their lives in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/03/ugle-gives-atta-girls-to-female-masons.html In June, 1908 Annie Besant and Lady Lutyens, wife of the architect Sir Edwin, set up the first co-ed Masonic lodge. Though it was short-lived, it changed the face (and body) of Freemasonry forever. So ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/03/masonic-pissing-contest-gets-corralled.html There's a new sheriff in town, boys.Picture me as a cross between Paul Newman and Walter Brennan, both of whom played Judge Roy Bean to perfection in the moving pictures.I've grown weary of the slugfe ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/03/feminine-freemasons-form-new-lodges-in.html I'm happy to see we've all used our "time out" in the Masonic Corral? wisely, meditating on what it means to subdue our passions. Surprisingly, no major barfights or gunfights broke out. The closest y ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/03/mirth-missives-publisher-responds-to.html In the spirit of fairness and brotherhood, I'm reprinting below a recent email I received from TazMack, the publisher ofMirth Missives, the Jester-oriented email newsletter that wasmentioned inThe Tap ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/04/moon-shriner-busted-in-sc-temple.html Rumor has it that "you can get anything you want" in the parking lot of the Omar Shrine Temple on Patriots Point Road in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.A pair of undercover cops scored two jars of "ap ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://xoriente.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/03/shriners-hospit.html The Shriners childrens hospital in Chicago needs your help to win an online contest. If they win, they'll get two new game systems (with tvs) for the kids to use when they're stuck in a hospital bed ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://burningtaper.blogspot.com/2008/03/parable-of-mouse.html "The Parable of the Mouse" was submitted by a reader in response to the discussion about what non-West Virginia brethren should do regarding theproblems within West Virginia Freemasonry.A mouse looked ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500