Plain ChurchApr 15, 20202 min readEaster Reflection 2020, Mid Covid-19Earth lay spell bound in darkness, we sing this at Christmas to describe the days before the birth of The Lord on earth as man. So it was...
Plain ChurchApr 15, 20202 min readAnyone for Pilgrimage?You may be reading this refreshed and returned from some summer adventures, or you may be reading this while looking forward to an autumn...
Plain ChurchApr 15, 20202 min readLike a Bridge over Troubled WaterEaster 2020 Words from the famous, old, Simon and Garfunkel epic track from 1970. It goes on to say “ I will lay me down”. The singer...
Plain ChurchJul 5, 20152 min readCount your blessingsToday it is summer! Blue sky, warm sun, small fluffy clouds and hay being baled. But by next week, or even tomorrow in our changeable...
Plain ChurchApr 5, 20152 min readDarkest before the dawn‘Darkest before the dawn’ is a well used statement, full of light, hope and potential. We use it to buoy ourselves up before collapse,...
Plain ChurchMar 1, 20152 min readEaster – Bunnies, Eggs and SpringAnd so we come to Easter. The question is what are we celebrating? Spring, baby animals, new life, the return of ducks to the Till,...
Plain ChurchFeb 10, 20151 min readCloseness to CreationIn the early days of Christianity in these islands life was so very different to the one we live today. People walked everywhere, ran...
Plain ChurchJan 3, 20151 min readWelcoming ChristmasThis year on Christmas Eve we all gathered together at the yard of the charity Plain Church Celtic Community supports to have a time of...
Plain ChurchDec 21, 20142 min readMid Winter FestivalsEach year the nights darken and each year major religions celebrate. Here in the villages we celebrate a festival which is a mixture of:-...
Plain ChurchSep 4, 20142 min readDo You have a flag?This morning in church we were thinking about flag poles. We reviewed the Eddie Izzard sketch of “the flag”. What flag do you fly? At...
Plain ChurchJun 28, 20142 min readPrioritising the Kingdom of GodOn Friday at the end of June two members of Plain Church had the opportunity to pray on Holy Island off Anglesea. This was where Saint...
Plain ChurchJun 9, 20142 min readPentecostSunday was Pentecost. Plain Church enjoyed hearing again the readings of the first outpouring of Holy Spirit and found it particularly...
Plain ChurchJun 8, 20142 min readFaith or Faithfulness, Chickens or EggsPlain Church on Sunday examined the above and discovered that the Chicken in this case is the faithfulness of God. Through the...
Plain ChurchApr 27, 20142 min readCeltic KnotsWell a knot is a fairly easy thing to understand, sometimes welcome, sometimes describing a tangle we would rather not have, but we all...
Plain ChurchMar 24, 20142 min readLambs and LentWELL, IT’S OFFICIALLY SPRING! Particularly heralded by hail showers and sunshine. We have longer days, daffodils and lambs in the field. ...
Plain ChurchSep 18, 20131 min readEarly ChristianityWhenever you are tempted to feel life is hard spare a thought for the early Christians in, lets say, 500 AD. Imagine being the only...