Ashlars and Excuses: From Ruins to Renewal

By F Brad Fowler

Ashlars and Excuses, Volume III: From Ruins to Renewal is the hard-hitting conclusion to F. Brad Fowler's uncompromising Masonic trilogy.

Where Volume I stripped away excuses and Volume II struck down apathy, this final volume calls the Craft to rise from the ruins and rebuild the Temple, with vision, labor, and legacy.

Through twelve direct and challenging Lodge talks, Fowler confronts the realities of broken columns, empty chairs, and careless leadership, but also charts a path forward: rededicated Lodge rooms, shared labor, mentorship, and Master Builders who lead with purpose. Each talk can be read aloud in Lodge (15-20 minutes each) or studied privately, offering both sharp rebuke and practical blueprints for renewal.

This is not a comfortable book. It is not written for the faint of heart or for Brethren content with decline. It is written for Masons who are ready to labor again, to set their stones squarely, and to leave behind a Temple that will outlast them.

The ruins are before us. The tools are in our hands. The time is now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTM1XDRJ
• ISBN13: 9798268009521
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"