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Read more about the article Frank Answers About the Green Man and His Friends

Frank Answers About the Green Man and His Friends

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:April 22, 2024
  • Post category:Celtic folklore/Earth Day/environment/fertility/Green man

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…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About the Resurrection Body

Frank Answers About the Resurrection Body

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:April 1, 2024
  • Post category:Body/resurrection

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…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Frank Answers About the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:March 31, 2023
  • Post category:crucifixion/Jesus/passion

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…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Embodied Theology

Frank Answers About Embodied Theology

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:August 22, 2022
  • Post category:naked before God/theology

A few years ago I was contacted by a European Catholic priest who is a member of a religious order and a writer on spirituality. His email included questions to…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Jesus and Male Intimacy

Frank Answers About Jesus and Male Intimacy

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:July 29, 2022
  • Post category:Bible/friendship/Jesus/male issue

Question: What do you make of the “beloved disciple” in the New Testament? Is it possible that Jesus and John had a, let us say, very “intimate" relationship? Or, to…

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Read more about the article Frank Answers About Nakedness and Modesty

Frank Answers About Nakedness and Modesty

  • Post author:Frank Senn
  • Post published:July 3, 2022
  • Post category:Body/modesty/naked

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…

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