A few Masonic bits by Chris Christianson. Back to Chris's Freemasonry Page


These are some of the essays I've contributed to a few Masonic publications:


From the North Dakota Insert of the Royal Arch Magazine

Are We Making the Blue Lodge, the Chapter, and the Council Too Christian?

The Sacred Books of Freemasonry

The Dhammapada of the Mahayan Buddists

The Bhagavad-Gita of the Hindus

The Gathas of the Zoroastrians

The Sikhs' Sri Guru Granth Sahib

The Holy Bible

The Internet as a Tool for Masons

Flooding at the Grand Forks, ND, Masonic Center

Flood Update and Theatre of the Fraternity

Masonic Responsibility; Attendance at the Annual Communication

Incomplete 1998-1999 Grand York Rite Officer Lists, and Proposed 1999 Grand York Rite Sessions Schedule

Is it Time to Look at Pike's "Morals and Dogma" Again?

The 1999 Annual Grand York Rite Sessions schedule

1999 Annual Grand York Rite Sessions registration package

Leadership Training, Ritual Training; Training Your Replacement

Time For Planning!

Time to Come Back to your Lodge and York Rite

New Administrators for the Grand York Rite of North Dakota

After the Shrine-Rites link has been broken.

So what DO Masons do?

Three new Fargo companions.

A blurb for the main magazine

Do we really need BIG solutions?

Just what is the Allied Masonic Degrees?

From the North Dakota pages of the Knight Templar Magazine

News From the Grand Commander

After a Month as Grand Commander

An Advantage of Visitation: Great Ideas From Other Jurisdictions

Get Your York Rite Ready to Go Back to Work!

Report From Dubuque

Grand Commander's Christmas Message

Report from the 1999 Annual Grand York Rite Sessions

The Knight Templar Eye Foundation and Holy Land Pilgrimage

September 1999 Insert

October 1999 Insert (FIRST PUBLIHED HERE)

November 1999 Insert

December 1999 Insert

January 2000 Insert

February 2000 Insert

March 2000 Insert

April 2000 Insert

May 2000 Insert

June 2000 Insert

July 2000 Insert

August 2000 Insert FIRST PUBLISHED HERE

The International Peace Garden Lodge and Masonic fellowship.

RESK James Well's Grand Commander's message. [NOT MINE]

How do you spend your Dash?

The passing of RESK George Toman & good Templar memorials.

The Commandery Christmas Observance and the Fargo Long Class.

Knight Templar Eye Foundation [NOT MINE] and Grand Sessions 2001.

Grand Sessions 2001 registration information.

Visit your Masonic neighbors.

Grand Sessions 2001 results.

From the Grand Commander, RESK Virgil Carmichael: Masonic Leadership and Unity [NOT MINE]

The York Rite and the Annual Grand Lodge Communication.

From the Grand Commander: The North Dakota Masonic Foundation Bridge Builder 1000 endowment plan. [NOT MINE]

Rainbow Grand Assembly 2001

September 11, 2001 & from the Grand Commander: Scottish Rite HELP Centers [NOT MINE]. FIRST PUBLISHED HERE

Is Your Lodge Being Left Out?

Masonic Postal Chess Club

Communication Skills: Our Weakness and Our Opportunity

The Grand Master’s Class: A Chance to Become a Master Mason; A Chance for Renewal

The Grand Master’s Class: February 28, Fargo Masonic Center

1999 Annual Grand York Rite Session schedule

Revitalization Session Reviewed

How would YOU Make The Foundation's Contributions?

Sunrise Lodge Holds a Table Lodge

Revitalization Session Held in Bismarck

The York Rite of Freemasonry: Additional Light

1999-2000 Senior Grand Warden's Report

Deputy Grand Master's report.

Deputy Grand Master's report.

My first Grand Master's article.

My Grand Master's One Day Class rules.

September 11, 2001 cover article. FIRST PUBLISHED HERE

Possible Bylaws Issues at the Upcoming 1998 Annual Grand Lodge Communication

A Community Service Idea for Sunrise

It is Time for Sunrise Members to get Active Again

Voting Issues at the 1999 Annual Grand Lodge Communication

From the High Plains Reader newspaper of Fargo, ND

The Theatre of the Fraternity Exhibit at the Plains Art Museum; a Chance for the Community to get an Inside Look at the Staging of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

The October, 1998 North Dakota insert for the Royal Arch Magazine (not just my stuff):

Page 1 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 2 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 3 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 4 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 5 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 6 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 7 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

Page 8 of the 10/98 ND RAM insert

The complete Winter 1998 North Dakota Insert for the Royal Arch Magazine (not just my stuff):

Page 1 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 2 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 3 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 4 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 5 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 6 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 7 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

Page 8 of the Winter 1998 ND RAM insert

The complete North Dakota insert to the Summer 1999 Royal Arch Magazine (not just my stuff):

Page 1 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 2 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 3 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 4 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 5 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 6 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 7 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

Page 8 of the Summer 1999 ND RAM insert

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