A Plain Account
A Plain Account is a Wesleyan lectionary resource.
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Dec 14, 2023 • 47min
Advent 4B | Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 | LOVE
Delve into Psalm 89 during Advent, exploring themes of love, faithfulness, and the Davidic covenant. Discuss the inclusivity of God's family, welcome of shepherds, and attributes of God. Explore restoration, redemption, and the guiding metaphor of light in Advent. Reflect on faith, advocacy, and seeking restoration in God's guiding light.
Dec 5, 2023 • 42min
Advent 3B |Psalm 126 | JOY
Exploring themes of joy, reversal, and restoration in Psalm 126. Reflecting on the transformative power of joy amidst grief. Delving into the intertwining of sorrow and joy, embracing lament as a path to illuminate divine purpose.
Nov 28, 2023 • 38min
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
Nov 21, 2023 • 47min
Advent 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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Oct 31, 2023 • 39min
All 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!
Oct 25, 2023 • 40min
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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Oct 17, 2023 • 46min
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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Oct 10, 2023 • 46min
Proper 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
Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.
Jun 23, 2023 • 9min
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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May 23, 2023 • 36min
Pentecost A | Acts 2:1-21
Pentecost A | Acts 2:1-21
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week is Blessing that Undoes Us by Jan Richardson
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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.
