Frank Answers About Nude Art in Churches
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…
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…
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…
It's not surprising that I received several questions about masturbation during the years of the COVID pandemic. Solo sex was promoted by health agencies like the Mayo Clinic as a…
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…
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…
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…
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,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…
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…
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…