A Plain Account

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   Join us on Patreon! www.patr...

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

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,...

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 Cori...

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 Join us on Patreon! We’re working on building up more community connections and would love to have you join us. www.patreon.com/aplainaccount Browse our curated booklists! Purchasing through this affiliate link generates a smal...

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 Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/aplainaccount Check out our list of resources on Bookshop.org. Browse our other curated booklists! Purchasing through this affiliate link generates a small commission for us and is a great way to support the show https://book...

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 guid...

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 Mat...

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 Padr...

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Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week is “Blessing the Way” by Jan Richardson from her book Circle of Grace 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...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week is “Blessing When the World is Ending” by Jan Richardson from her book Circle of Grace 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 comm...

Hi everyone! A quick announcement: no new episode this week or next week. We’re moving into Isaiah for Advent Year A (the texts are here ) .  Check out our Advent devotional guide, Prepare The Way  and Alicia's annual Advent Spotify playlist . If you enjoy our podcast music, our producer Matt is releasing a special EP for Advent. Starting November 27th, he’ll release one track every Sund...

SHOW NOTES:  Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week is from Jan Richardson, “On The Feast of All Saints”   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 : comme...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week: “A Liturgy Before Giving (II)” from Every Moment Holy (Vol 1) (using this affiliate link helps us with a small commission and is a great way to support the show) For a deeper dive into the powers and principalities, check out The Word Before the Powers . Check out the Slow Money Network and CNote for ideas on alternative investing. Other resources...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week: “A Prayer for Reconciliation” from Daily Prayer With The Corrymeela Community (using this affiliate link helps us with a small commission and is a great way to support the show) For practices for attending and describing Scripture texts, check out Anna Carter Florence’s book, Preaching as Testimony.  Other resources on our website : commentar...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week is: "A Prayer for the Tired, Angry Ones" by Laura Jean Thurman in Sarah Bessey's collection A Rhythm of Prayer  (using this affiliate link helps us with a small commission and is a great way to support the show– AND Bookshop.org is offering free shipping October 11 & 12, so now is a perfect time to buy some books!) GIVEAWAY: Send a screens...

Our texts this week are here   Our prayer this week: “A Blessing for a New Beginning” from John O’Donohue’s collection To Bless The Space Between Us (using this affiliate link helps us with a small commission and is a great way to support the show) Other resources on our website : commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music. GIVEAWAY : Send a screenshot of your recent review of the APA Podca...

Our texts this week are here . Our prayer this week is “Yes” from Walter Brueggemann’s collection Awed To Heaven, Rooted In Earth . Browse the rest of our curated book lists through our Bookshop.org affiliate link here: https://bookshop.org/shop/aplainaccount . We’ll get a small commission if you purchase this way, which is a great way to support the show! A quote to consider: “The growing good of...

Our texts this week are here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=281 Our prayer this week is from Malcolm Guite’s collection Parable and Paradox . We also mentioned the prayer of confession from The Book of Common Prayer . Browse the rest of our curated book lists through our Bookshop.org affiliate link here: https://bookshop.org/shop/aplainaccount . We’ll get a small commissio...

Our texts this week are here   Our prayer this week: “Mammon of Unrighteousness” by Malcolm Guite (from Parable and Paradox ). Browse the rest of our curated book lists through our Bookshop.org affiliate link here: https://bookshop.org/shop/aplainaccount . We’ll get a small commission if you purchase this way. Join us on Patreon and become a fried of the show! https://patreon.com/aplainaccoun...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer this week is “Forgive Us” by Malcolm Guite  Shop the books we’re reading and recommending through our affiliate links with Bookshop.org   Other resources on our website : commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music. Join us on PATREON! This is a great way to support the show and make this work sustainable for us all. 

We had a great time from Advent to Pentecost! We’re really proud of this content we’re producing! And we want it to be sustainable for the long haul! To that end– we’re taking a summer break– from June to August. Expect us back in your podcast feeds the first week of September discussing the Gospel of Luke In the meantime, we’ll be working hard to find ways to make this project sustainable for the...

Our texts this week are here Our prayer for this week is from Fran Pratt: A Litany for Walking in the Spirit The common prayer from Refuge Home Church http://www.refugehomechurch.org/ Walter Brueggemann in The Prophetic Imagination – “Imagination comes before implementation.” Quote from Jerusha Madsen Neal on workingpreacher.org; more from Jerusha Madsen Neal and the Spirit’s work in her book, The...

Our texts this week are here . Reader’s theatre of Acts 16. Learn more about The New Jim Crow and Michelle Alexander’s work on her TEDxTalk or this interview with Krista Tippett Our prayer for this week – “A blessing for a prisoner” from To Bless The Space Between Us by John O’Donohue Other resources on our website : commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music. We’ll be spending the Easter season...