Frank Answers About the Green Man and His Friends
I originally posted this on Earth Day in 2020 during the pandemic when so many people around the world were quaranteening and the Earth's atmosphere seemed cleaner because there was…
I originally posted this on Earth Day in 2020 during the pandemic when so many people around the world were quaranteening and the Earth's atmosphere seemed cleaner because there was…
This was a question I received and answered in the first “Frank Answers” posts while I was still Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church. The affirmation of the resurrection of the…
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 police brutality against black men. We…
Praying the Stations of the Cross is popular on the Fridays of Lent and especially on Good Friday. The practice goes back to the Crusaders in the Middle Ages who…
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…
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…
Back in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, a Black friend confided in me on chat. Here are his issues and my answers. He brought up three body issues: race, sexuality,…
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…
Question: Why are processions with singing such powerful liturgical experiences? Answer: because of the physical principle of entrainment. Entrainment is two or more entities being attracted through vibrations. It requires…
As a Lutheran I wonder why we might use incense during worship? I suspect that the pushback is largely anti-Catholicism, but sometimes more information is helpful. I’d be interested in…