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Each week we dig into one of lectionary passages for exegesis and homiletics

The A Plain Account Podcast A Plain Account

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.9 • 45 Ratings

Each week we dig into one of lectionary passages for exegesis and homiletics

    We're on SUMMER BREAK! season 5 coming soon!

    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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    • 9 min
    Pentecost A | Acts 2:1-21

    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
    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.

    • 36 min
    Ascension of Our Lord

    Ascension of Our Lord

    Ascension of Our Lord | Acts 1:6-14


    Our texts this week are here 


    Our prayer this week is In the Leaving from Circle of Grace


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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


    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. 

    • 43 min
    Easter 6A | Acts 17:22-31 

    Easter 6A | Acts 17:22-31 

    Sixth Sunday after Easter | Acts 17:22-31 


    Our texts this week are here 


    Our prayer this week is “A Liturgy for those Who Worship the Wrong Thing” (from Liturgies for Hope by Elledge & Moore) 


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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


    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. 

    • 44 min
    Easter 5A | Acts 7:55-60

    Easter 5A | Acts 7:55-60

    Fifth Sunday after Easter | Acts 7:55-60


    Our texts this week are here 
    Our prayer this week is from Every Moment Hoy, “A Liturgy for Grieving a Death due to Violence”
    Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/aplainaccount  
    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
    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  
    The Cross & The Lynching Tree, by James Cone. 
    From the Equal Justice Initiative: the national memorial for peace and justice dedicated to the legacy of enslaved people in the United States. 
    Other resources on our website: commentaries, discipleship, liturgics, music.

    • 46 min
    Fourth Sunday after Easter | Acts 2:42-47 

    Fourth Sunday after Easter | Acts 2:42-47 

    Fourth Sunday after Easter | Acts 2:42-47 


    Our texts this week are here 


    Our prayer this week is from Blessed Be Our Table  by Neil Paynter


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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


    Barbara Brown Taylor’s sermon from Matthew 14 about Jesus feeding the crowd of 5,000 can be found in her sermon collection The Seeds of Heaven: Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew


    Eating Together as a Church webinar, sponsored by Nazarenes for Creation Care


    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.

    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
45 Ratings

45 Ratings

Emily JoAnn ,

Refreshing & Helpful

Amazing podcast for Wesleyan Preachers. It is timely, refreshing, and scholarly. It’s on my weekly sermon preparation checklist when preaching from the RCL.

Meso Missionary ,

Helpful for Sermon Prep.

As a missionary in the Dominican Republic, I am so grateful for A Plain Account, both as a website, and through this podcast. I enjoy the exploration of the text each week, and yet the practical application to life and our congregations is just as valuable. Thanks for the excellent work!

eckSermonator ,

Appreciation from an Anglican Priest

I thoroughly enjoy this podcast! As an Anglican priest in the convergence / ancient-future stream, this show has become a refreshing supplement to my weekly studies/reading of the lectionary passages. Well done! Keep it up!

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