A Plain Account

By A Plain Account

A Plain Account is a Wesleyan lectionary resource.... more

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The podcast currently has 204 episodes available.

A Plain Account episodes:

December 14, 2023Advent 4B | Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 | LOVE
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here

Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy For Those Waiting For A Dream To Come True” - Liturgies For Hope

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“Light the candle anyway.” – Sarah Bessey

“God didn’t show me the whole path, God gave me a flashlight, to see one step ahead of me.” – Sister Helen Prejean
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47min
December 13, 2023Advent 4B | Psalm 89 | LOVE
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here

Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy For Those Waiting For A Dream To Come True” - Liturgies For Hope

Browse our curated booklists! Purchasing through this affiliate link generates a small commission for us and is a great way to support the show https://bookshop.org/shop/aplainaccount

Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

“Light the candle anyway.” – Sarah Bessey

“God didn’t show me the whole path, God gave me a flashlight, to see one step ahead of me.” – Sister Helen Prejean
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47min
December 05, 2023Advent 3B |Psalm 126 | JOY
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here

Our prayer this week: “Blessing to Summon Rejoicing” by Jan Richardson from Circle of Grace

“In Death Valley, A Rare Lake Comes Alive” New York Times

Inciting Joy, by Ross Gay

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42min
November 28, 2023 Advent 2B | Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 | PEACE
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: “For the Interim TIme” - To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue …. “For Those Who Bear Witness” - The Lives We Actually Have by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie
“Jesus is what God has to say” - Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
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Alicia’s advent playlist and Matt’s EP

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39min
November 21, 2023Advent 1B | Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 | HOPE
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here

Our prayer this week: “Blessing When the World is Ending,” Jan Richardson from Circle of Grace

Alicia’s Advent playlist and Matt’s Advent EP

Alicia mentioned Kintsugi pottery. Learn more about the beauty in the art of repair.

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48min
October 31, 2023All Saints Day B | 1 John 3:1-3, Hebrews 11
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here

Our prayer this week: Feminist Prayers For My Daughter “For a Faith Community”

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We’ll be back for the first week of Advent– reading through the Psalms!
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39min
October 25, 2023 Proper 25 B | Deuteronomy 34:1-12
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week is from The Lives We Actually Have – “Collective Grief” (p 74-75)
Alicia mentions Dr. Mekel Harris’s Instagram account. Check out her full website here.
Megan mentions Jan Richardson’s book, The Cure for Sorrow
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41min
October 17, 2023 Proper 24A | Exodus 33:12-23
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: “Liturgy for Wresting with God” from Liturgies for Hope
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47min
October 10, 2023Proper 23 | Exodus 32:1-14 | Sunday Oct 15, 2023
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here (Megan is reading from the Common English Bible)

Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy For Those Who Worship The Wrong Thing” from Liturgies for Hope

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Andrew Root, Churches and the Crisis of Decline

Exodus commentaries: OT For Everyone by John Goldingay, NBBC Commentary by H. Junia Pokrifka

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47min
June 23, 2023 We're on SUMMER BREAK! season 5 coming soon!
As we move from Pentecost to Ordinary time, we celebrate the beauty in the ordinary and take extra time for rest and play. We'll be taking a break from regular podcasting, but will be back in your feeds soon! Meanwhile, there are amazing resources continually available every week on our ⁠website⁠: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.
Our quote comes from An Altar in the World, by Barbara Brown Taylor
Our prayer this week is "For an Ordinary Day" from The Lives We Actually Have (Bowler & Richie)
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10min

FAQs about A Plain Account:

How many episodes does A Plain Account have?

The podcast currently has 204 episodes available.