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 Lent and the Belly
Lent begins and ends with the belly. The Gospel reading on the First Sunday in Lent is the story of Jesus fasting in the wilderness and being tempted by the…
Frank Answers About Yoga Harnessing the Wind and Releasing the Spirit
There is a relationship between wind and spirit. In the Genesis 1 creation story they are one and the same. Wind shapes the world. Spirit brings life. Here wind propels…
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…
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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 Embodied Aging and Yoga
In a few months I will be eighty years old. Am I old yet? When people find out my age, they say I look younger than I am. I can’t…
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 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 Experiencing a Low Libido
Question: I’m a healthy young man who works at home on the computer most of the time. I’ve been married a few years and my wife goes to her job…
Frank Answers About Returning to Nature
It’s that time of the year when we yearn to be outdoors. Those of us who live in cities seek parks and other natural spaces. But we’re a long way…
