Welcome to the New Frank Answers
Welcome to the new Frank Answers. This is a personal blog that is primarily devoted to theology, spirituality, worship, and the body. These are areas of my expertise. The primary…
Welcome to the new Frank Answers. This is a personal blog that is primarily devoted to theology, spirituality, worship, and the body. These are areas of my expertise. The primary…
It's hard to believe, but the COVID-19 coronavirus was declared a pandemic four years ago, in March 2020. Society shut down all at once. We had to maintain a social…
Praying the Stations of the Cross is popular on the Fridays of Lent and especially on Good Friday. The practice goes back to the Crusaders in the Middle Ages who…
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…
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…
Back in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, a Black friend confided in me on chat. Here are his issues and my answers. He brought up three body issues: race, sexuality,…
I am devoting a series of “Frank Answers” articles to the five elements of yoga — the four classical cosmological elements of earth, water, fire, and air, plus the yoga…
Question: Why are processions with singing such powerful liturgical experiences? Answer: because of the physical principle of entrainment. Entrainment is two or more entities being attracted through vibrations. It requires…
As a Lutheran I wonder why we might use incense during worship? I suspect that the pushback is largely anti-Catholicism, but sometimes more information is helpful. I’d be interested in…
This is based on a homily I preached at the Friday Eucharist in the chapel of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church on December 15, 2023. Friday in Advent Week 2 (6)…
Mr. Frank; I have read a lot about when boys swam naked in schools, YMCAs, Boys Clubs, etc. Many men that post their experiences talk about not being modest at…