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 Ascension of Jesus
The Festival of the Ascension of our Lord is a major day in the Christian liturgical calendar. There's also some mystery about it. The homily here sorts out some of…
Frank Answers a Young Man About His Interest in Older Men
Question: Pastor Frank, When I was a boy I had a fascination with older men’s bodies, such as my Dad’s, my soccer coach’s, and even my priest’s. Is it weird…
Frank Answers About Coming Out to One’s Parents
Dear Pastor Frank, I realized that I am gay already in high school, but I came out in college during my freshman year. I'm rooming with a student I met…
Frank Answers About Beltane Fire and Maypoles
What is Beltane? Do Christians observe it? Some churches are having a fire on the beach at dawn on May 1 Beltane is not a Christian festival. It is rooted…
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 7, 2008) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) look for trash on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay during Clean The Bay Day. The annual conservation event helps keep the Chesapeake Bay cleaner through proactive measures. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Craig P. Strawser (Released)
Frank Answers About the Care of the Earth
Here’s a question I received on the old “Frank Answers” column at Immanuel Lutheran Church in 2013. I re-posted it as a timely issue for Earth Day on my blog…
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 Answers About the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
Meditations of the Seven Last Words of Christ have existed as a form of devotion since the Jesuits started it in the seventeen century. This is a three-hour series of…
Frank Answers About Teens and God
Rev. Frank,I have two children, a boy (14) and a girl (11) who, while basically good, well behaved, and followers of all the rules of modern society, look upon religion…
