
A Plain Account
A Plain Account is a Wesleyan lectionary resource.
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Mar 7, 2023 • 36min
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
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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.

Feb 28, 2023 • 40min
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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Feb 21, 2023 • 47min
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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Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

Feb 7, 2023 • 47min
Epiphany 6A | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
SHOW NOTES | Epiphany 6A | 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community
For a deep dive on Paul’s image of milk and babes, check out Susan Eastman’s book Recovering Paul’s Mother Tongue and Brittany Wilson’s Unmanly Men: Reconfigurations of Masculinity in Luke-Acts.
For a more indepth look at the powers and principalities, see Campbell’s book The Word Before the Powers, and his commentary on 1 Corinthians in the Belief series.
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Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music. Keep an eye out for our Lent resource, The Way Through.

Jan 31, 2023 • 43min
Epiphany 5A | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
Epiphany 5A | 1 Corinthians 2:1-12(13-16)
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: “You Are Known in Hiddenness” from Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann
Read more about housing inequality and red-lining and the racial wealth gap.
For a more indepth look at the powers and principalities, see Campbell’s book The Word Before the Powers and his commentary on 1 Corinthians in the Belief series.
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Jan 25, 2023 • 37min
Epiphany 4A | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Epiphany 4A | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: A Liturgy for Those Embracing the Mystery of the Faith, from Liturgies for Hope
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Keep on the look out for our 2023 Lent resource-- coming soon!

Jan 18, 2023 • 38min
Epiphany 3A | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
SHOW NOTES:
Our texts this week are here
From The Bible Project, intro to 1 Corinthians
Our prayer this week is “Baptism” by Malcolm Guite
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Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

Dec 20, 2022 • 43min
Christmas A | Luke 2:1-20
SHOW NOTES Christmas | Luke 2:1-20
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: by Jan Richardson from her book Circle of Grace
The Gospel in Solentiname, by Ernesto Cardenal
St. Oscar Romero, I Bring You Great News: A Saviour Has Been Born to You
Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
Music for the season: Alicia’s Advent Playlist and Matt’s Advent EP
Our in-house Advent devotional guide: Prepare the Way
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Dec 13, 2022 • 38min
Advent 4A | Isaiah 7:10-16
SHOW NOTES
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week is by Jan Richardson from her book Circle of Grace
Alicia reads from the commentary notes in the Life With God Study Bible (NRSV) published by Renovare, and she highly recommends this bible
“And a Soul Felt Its Worth: a Sermon on an Overlooked Miracle” by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Music for the season: Alicia’s Advent Playlist and Matt’s Advent EP
Our in-house Advent devotional guide: Prepare the Way
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Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

Dec 6, 2022 • 45min
Advent 3A | Isaiah 35
Our texts this week are here
Our prayer this week: “Liturgy for Those Looking For Joy” From Liturgies for Hope by Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore
The Death Valley Superbloom (image search)
Lots of quotes today: the difference between a path and a road is from "Native Hill" by Wendell Berry, a quote from "Caminante No Hay Comino" by Antonio Machado, Poetry Unbound with Padraig O’Tuama, "We Lived Happily During the War," by Ilya Kaminsky, Check out Kate Bowler’s work
Music for the season: Alicia’s Advent Playlist and Matt’s Advent EP
Our in-house Advent devotional guide: Prepare the Way
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.