A Plain Account

 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 Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/aplainaccount   Browse the rest of 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.

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.  Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/aplainaccount   For more about Brueggemann’s categories for Psalms, check out Spirituality of the Psalms.  Browse the rest of 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.

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. 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. Buying a book from our affiliate shop basically buys the team a cup of coffee-- good for you and for us! https://bookshop.org/shop/aplainaccount Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

In this bonus episode, we invite you to tune in to a conversation about a new book from APA publishing: Trenches and Tables by Michael R. Palmer

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.

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.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.

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/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.

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. 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. Keep an eye out for our Lent resource, The Way Through.

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. 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.

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 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. Keep on the look out for our 2023 Lent resource-- coming soon!