Frank Answers About Our Problem with Fasting
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…
Frank Answers About (Black) Body Image
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…
Frank Answers About the Resurrection Body
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…
Frank Answers About Aversion to Nudity
I recently had a Zoom call from a woman with whom I had worked on church denominational projects years ago. She told me that she read my blog and applauded…
Frank Answers About the Spirit and Breath
This article focuses on the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the breath, and the how the act of breathing helps us understand the role and work of the Holy…
Frank Answers About the Resurrection Body and Tattoos
Question: I have often wondered what form of our bodies we will have in the resurrection. Will we come back as our best possible selves? Will I have my tattoos?…
Frank Answers About Jesus’s Easter Clothes
Question: If Jesus was stripped for crucifixion, and his clothes were divided and taken by the soldiers, and his body was wrapped in linens after his death for a quick…
Frank Preaches on the Circumcision of Jesus
Sermon on the Circumcision and Name of Jesus. January 1, 2017 Texts: Galatians 4:4-7 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,…
Frank Answers About Naked Yoga
Question: I've heard about naked yoga. I don't think it's something I could do. Apart from an opportunity for social nudity, all the other benefits I heard mentioned, like greater freedom…
Frank Answers About Nakedness and Modesty
I'm amazed that a pastor would tackle the kind of questions about sexuality that you do, and also include so many images of naked bodies. I wonder if you could…
