Halas Abbey Lodge No 5407

24/06/2026

309 years ago today, the Premier Grand Lodge was founded at the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St Paul's Churchyard 🥳

And the rest, as they say, is history 👏

21/06/2026

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there

21/06/2026

For all the brethren / Fathers out there today

Happy Father's Day! 🎉🧒🩵🧔🎊

19/06/2026

Best of luck to the Three Lions as they start their World Cup campaign this evening against Croatia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇭🇷

🦁🦁🦁

19/06/2026

Acorns Children’s Hospice () provides specia...

19/06/2026

19/06/2026

The 24-Inch Gauge (A Masonic Time-Management Hack)
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⏱️ SAVE THIS POST for the next time you feel completely overwhelmed by your daily schedule.

​Hundreds of years ago, stonemasons used a 24-inch gauge (a standard 2-foot ruler) to measure their building blocks. Today, Freemasons use it as a brilliant metaphor for time management.

​The tool represents the 24 hours of the day, and Masons are taught to divide it into three equal, 8-hour parts:

​8 Hours for Service: Dedicated to your career, your business, and helping others in need. This is your productive, outward-facing time.

​8 Hours for Self-Care: Allocated for your faith, mental reflection, spending time with family, and eating. This is your recovery and connection time.

​8 Hours for Sleep: Strictly set aside for rest and rejuvenation.
​In our hustle-heavy culture, we constantly steal hours from sleep or family to give to work. The 24-Inch Gauge reminds us that a poorly balanced life, like a poorly measured stone, will eventually collapse.

​💡 The Clear Takeaway: True productivity isn't about working 16-hour days; it’s about maintaining a strict, equal balance between work, life, and rest.

​📌 Hit Save to keep this 8-8-8 rule handy for the next time your work-life balance gets out of whack

19/06/2026

10/06/2026

With Halas Homes – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉