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080608-N-2568S-023 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

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:April 21, 2023
Post category:Earth Day environment nature yoga

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 Disciplines of Lent

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:February 11, 2023
Post category:Baptism initiation Lent

Question: Every year at the beginning of Lent we are invited to undertake Lenten disciplines which involve self-denial. It’s always hard to decide what to give up for Lent. I…

Frank Answers About Christmas As a Solstice Festival

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:December 1, 2022
Post category:Christmas festival Incarnation winter

Question: Is December 25 really the date of Christ’s birthday? Wasn’t Christmas invented by Christians to counter the pagan Roman sun festival? And aren’t a lot of Christmas symbols hold…

Frank Answers About Yoga, Tantra, and Sex

Post author:Ben
Post published:November 7, 2022
Post category:sex tantra yoga

Question: There seems to be a conservative Christian reaction to the practice of yoga. It is accused not only of being an alien spirituality but some forms of esoteric yoga…

Frank Answers About Halloween and Death

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:October 30, 2022
Post category:All Saints Day All Souls Day Celtic folklore devil Halloween witches

The popular folk holiday of Halloween comes at the end of harvest time in the northern hemisphere when Earth itself is shutting down for the winter. The pumpkins that are…

Frank Answers About Connecting with Earth’s Body

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:September 1, 2022
Post category:cosmology elements yoga

This is my second reflection on cosmology and yoga. The first was Frank Answers About Yoga Harnessing the Wind and Releasing the Spirit. This one is about the yoga body…

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…

Frank Answers About Yoga for Men

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:August 20, 2022
Post category:fitness masculinity yoga

Question: I’ve been interested in doing yoga and have tried it a few times. How did you get into yoga? What attracted you to it? The classes seem to be…

Frank Answers About Nude Art in Churches

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:August 2, 2022
Post category:art nude

My question to myself (and to any who might answer in a comment): Is it appropriate to display nude art in places of Christian worship? The above scene greeted me…

Frank Answers About Crucifixion Erection

Post author:Frank Senn
Post published:July 16, 2022
Post category:crucifixion erection masturbation

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…