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Frank Answers About Male Modesty

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:November 17, 2023
  • Post category:clothes/male issue/modesty/naked

Mr. Frank; I have read a lot about when boys swam naked in schools, YMCAs, Boys Clubs, etc. Many men that post their experiences talk about not being modest at…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Christians Observing Halloween

Frank Answers About Christians Observing Halloween

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:October 28, 2023
  • Post category:All Saints Day/All Souls Day/devil/festival/Halloween/witches

Question: Could you please re-post your “Frank Answer” about Christians celebrating Halloween? I really enjoyed seeing that on the Immanuel web site. Thank you very much. Frank Answers: Sure, this…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Aversion to Nudity

Frank Answers About Aversion to Nudity

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:October 22, 2023
  • Post category:Body/gymnophobia/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…

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Frank Preaches About Shedding Possessions

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:October 3, 2023
  • Post category:Francis of Assisi/naked before God/possessions/sermon

October 4 is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi (1182--1226), one of the most winsome saints in the Christian calendar. Many churches have a blessing of animal in…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Banning the Bible from School Libraries

Frank Answers About Banning the Bible from School Libraries

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:September 20, 2023
  • Post category:Bible/homosexuality/schools

Question: In the right wing crusade to ban books that portray American society as inherently racist and that promote the LGBTQ agenda, the Bible has also been caught up in…

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Frank Answers About Indoor Male Shirtlessness

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:September 12, 2023
  • Post category:gymnophobia/male issue/shirtless/yoga

Your answer on male shirtlessness was great. But it was focused on being outdoors in summertime. At this time of the year we are moving indoors and shirtlessness is discouraged…

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Frank Answers About Being Solitary

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:July 25, 2023
  • Post category:meditation/nature/prayer/solitude/spirituality

Hello Pastor Frank. I've enjoyed reading your articles, especially about having a low libido and return to nature. A lot of members of my millennial generation are lonely and they're…

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Frank Answers About Walking Meditation

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:July 15, 2023
  • Post category:breath/meditation/pilgrimage/walking/yoga

We are in the middle of summer. It is a prime time for walking outdoors if the heat from our warming planet isn't prohibitive. More people die from heat than…

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Frank Answers About Freedom of Dress

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:June 16, 2023
  • Post category:clothes/drag/gay/gender bending/Pride

June is LGBTQ Pride Month. Pride celebrations began in 1970 in Chicago to commemorate the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City's Greenwich Village a year before, on June 29,…

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Frank Answers How Parents Can Know If Their Son is Gay

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:June 12, 2023
  • Post category:boys/gay/homosexuality/parenting

Dear Pastor Frank. I read with interest on your previous blog your Frank Answer About LGBTQ people "coming out." You spoke of you and your wife raising two gay sons.…

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