A Plain Account

A Plain Account

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A Plain Account episodes

  • Easter 3A | Acts 2

    Easter 3A | Acts 2

    • Our texts this week are here 

    • Our prayer this week is from The Lives We Actually Have by Kate Bowler 

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    • Some commentaries assisting in Easter season: Jerusha Matsen Neal on workingpreacher.org and Acts by Willie Jennings (Belief Series), Acts by Beverly Roberts Gaventa (Abingdon NT), Acts For Everyone by N. T. Wright

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


      • 45 min
    • Easter Sunday Year A | Matthew 28:1-10

      Our texts this week are here 

      Our prayer this week is from Circle of Grace by Jan Richardson 

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      44 min
    • Easter Sunday A | Matthew 28:1-10

      SHOW NOTES | Easter Sunday | Matthew 28:1-10 

      Our texts this week are here 

      Our prayer this week is from Circle of Grace by Jan Richardson 

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

      44 min
    • Palm Sunday A | Matthew 21

       Palm Sunday A | Matthew 21

      • Our texts this week are here 
      • Our prayer this week: “Jesus Weeps” by Malcolm Guite in the collection Word in the Wilderness … While we lament yet another school shooting in the news cycle this week, we remember that Jesus weeps over all of this too.
      • There have been several commentators that mention a Roman custom of a show of force– that on the other side of the city Pilate would have been parading in on a war horse accompanied by a squadron or two of Roman soldiers. (see Borg & Crossan, The Last Week, pages 1-30)
      • We mentioned @BlackLiturgies and This Here Flesh, by Cole Arthur Riley
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        • 36 min
      • Lent 5A | Psalm 130

        SHOW NOTES: Lent 5A | Psalm 130 

        Our texts this week are here 

        Our prayer this week: For When You Need a Little Hope, The Lives We Actually Have by Jessica Richie and Kate Bowler 

        We talked about Homeboy Industries and the work of Fr. Gregory Boyle. Megan mentioned his book The Whole Language, and both Megan & Alicia recommend Tattoos on the Heart. 

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        For more about Brueggemann’s categories for Psalms, check out Spirituality of the Psalms. 

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

        44 min
      • Lent 4A | Psalm 23

        SHOW NOTES: Lent 4A | Psalm 23 

        Our texts this week are here

        Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy for Those Who Are Too Busy” from Liturgies For Hope, by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore

        For more about Brueggemann’s categories for Psalms, check out Spirituality of the Psalms.

        For more about using the psalms in prayer, we suggest Psalms For Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness, by Nan C. Merril  

        Inciting Joy, by Ross Gay. Alicia cannot recommend this book highly enough! And if you really can’t make time to read it just yet, do yourself a favor and listen to this brief podcast interview (NPR) where he talks about inciting joy while dining with sorrow.

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

        43 min
      • Lent 3A | Psalm 95

        SHOW NOTES: Lent 3A | Psalm 95 

        Our texts this week are here

        Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy for the Morning After a Bad Decision” from Liturgies for Hope by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore

        Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/aplainaccount

        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.

        For more about Brueggemann’s categories for Psalms, check out Spirituality of the Psalms.

        To hear more from Megan on Psalm 29 and creation themes, watch her sermon from Duke Chapel in 2021.

        37 min
      • Lent 2A | Psalm 121

        SHOW NOTES | Lent 2| Psalm 121 

        Our texts this week are here

        Our prayer this week is excerpted from the prayer titled “Benediction” from A Rhythm of Prayer by Sarah Bessy

        We spoke briefly about pilgrimage during this episode– if you’re curious to learn more, Alicia recommends exploring the blog & podcast from Lacey Clark Ellman at www.asacredjourney.net 

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


        40 min
      • Lent 1A | Psalm 32

        Lent 1A | Psalm 32 

        • Our texts this week are here
        • Our prayer this week: "Travel Blessing" from Common Prayer, Pocket Edition
        • Check out Poetry Unbound. Some of Megan’s favorite episodes feature poetry by Ada Limón, Natalie Diaz, and Lucille Clifton. Alicia also recommends the newly published book collecting together 50 poems from the podcast project. 
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        • 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.
          • 48 min

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