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Pastoral Liturgist

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:February 22, 2026
  • Post category:liturgy/Uncategorized
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Pastor Frank at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Wilmette, IL New Year's Day 2024 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic I whiled away my time looking up information about my…

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Frank Answers About Chastity and Pornography

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  • Post published:February 22, 2026
  • Post category:autoeroticism/chastity/pornography
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So, Pastor Frank, I'm a single young adult and I try to be a good Christian. I know that I should be chaste in thoughts and deeds, but I also…

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Frank Answers About the Black Christ

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  • Post published:February 19, 2026
  • Post category:art/Black/Jesus
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Question: Would having Black church art in our churches put a dent in White supremacy in both White and Black Churches? Answer: We are observing Black history month.It's an observance…

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Frank Answers About Our Problem with Fasting

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  • Post published:February 15, 2026
  • Post category:Body/fasting/Lent/spirituality
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In your Frank Answers dealing with the practices of Lent you stress the practice of fasting. Fasting is a problem for many people today. We don’t receive much guidance from…

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Frank Answers About Lent and the Belly

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  • Post published:February 15, 2026
  • Post category:fitness/Lent/spirituality/yoga
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Lent begins and ends with the belly. The Gospel reading on the First Sunday in Lent is the story of Jesus fasting in the wilderness and being tempted by the…

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  • Post published:February 11, 2026
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A year ago Frank-Answers.com went dark. I removed it because it had become too controversial among my clergy colleagues. One of their issues was too much nudity in the images.…

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Frank Answers About Violence and Scapegoating

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  • Post published:February 10, 2026
  • Post category:crucifixion/scapegoating/violence
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Question: There’s a lot of violence in the world today. In recent months we have seen violence erupt in American cities in response to ICE brutality against undocumented immigrants, documented…

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Frank Answers About (Black) Body Image

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:February 4, 2026
  • Post category:Black/Body/gay/male issue
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A Black friend confided in me on chat. Here are his issues and my answers. He brought up three body issues: race, sexuality, and size. He’s a 6’4″ Black gay…

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Frank Answers About Water and Yoga

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  • Post published:February 1, 2026
  • Post category:elements/Lent/nudity/springtime/water/yoga
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I am devoting a series of “Frank Answers” articles to the five elements of yoga — the four classical cosmological elements of earth, water, fire, and air, plus the yoga…

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Frank Answers About Male-on-Male Sex as an “Abomination”

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:January 13, 2026
  • Post category:abomination/homosexuality/prostitution
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Pastor Frank, in "Human Sexuality and Religion," you stated that God created men and women, and that same sex intermingling is common in nature. Why did God make men and women…

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