Frank Answers About Being Naked Before God
Question: I was intrigued by your example of embodied prayer in your blog article “About Masturbation and Prayer.” Did you get this idea from someplace or did you make it up? There…
Frank Answers About Masturbation and Prayer
This was a question I answered in the Frank Answers on the Immanuel Lutheran Church web site in 2013, the year I retired. I felt that the church needed to…
Frank Answers About Crucifixion Erection
Question: I’m 16 and sometimes when I go to Mass and look at the large crucifix I get an erection. Today at Mass, my mind was wandering during the homily…
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 Naked Meditation
Question: I’ve been practicing meditation in the morning. I find it comfortable to sit in my underwear, but I’ve been thinking about meditating while naked. This is a new idea…
Frank Answers About Gnosticism, Mysticism, Contemplation, and Meditation
Frank,How would you say mysticism, or even non-discursive contemplation, differ from gnosticism?Thanks!-- Brian Frank (attempts) a brief answer: Gnosticism, mysticism, and contemplation are huge categories, with extensive literature, and varied…
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…
Frank Answers About Nudity and Pornography
This article was posted on the old blog during the pandemic (on 12/27/2020). I thought it was an interesting question and a topic that is worth retrieving with some amendment…
Frank Answers About Toxic Masculinity
Question: There’s been a lot of discussion about “toxic masculinity” in recent decades. Is this just the critique of masculinity by feminists or has masculinity always been toxic? Frank answers:…
Frank Preaches on Marriage and Divorce
June has been traditionally the month for weddings. I am posting here a sermon I preached in 2021 based on lectionary readings that came up later in the summer. Texts:…
