Ross Moughtin
When faced with the graveyard shift.
“Phew, what a scorcher!” Well, it looks like another sweltering weekend ahead, a bit more than many of us can cope with. According to...
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Ross Moughtin
- Aug 5
Our most daring presumption
“Father!” So I begin my prayers each morning, taking Jesus at his word to use this word to address the creator and upholder of this...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 29
If God doesn’t show up, we’re stuffed!
“If God doesn’t show up, we’re stuffed!” This declaration by Mancunian Andy Hawthorne has to be the best definition of Christian...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 22
When others fall down
“Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself.” Then the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 15
When we weed for beauty
“Talk about the big Poppy takeover” commented the daughter who was initially responsible. Alongside our house there is a 30m flower...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 8
To see the life of things
Lovely walk yesterday down from Llandogo to Chepstow, at the bottom right-hand corner of Wales: the opening section of the Wye Valley...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 1
Our most momentous technical advance?
What would you consider to be “the most momentous technical advance in history?” Quite a question! Vaclav Smil, a Canadian academic and...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 24
Our need for adventure with Maverick
“Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary. What he has to teach you could...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 17
God, the God of the 'despite'
A key moment in the Party at the Palace was when the full glory of Joseph's technicolour dreamcoat was displayed, the highlight of the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 10
God knows how to bless
“Lord, bless this mess” prayed the late David Watson as he considered his leadership of his church in York, a church which was to have...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 3
Humour and humility: our Queen
“Incredible! headlines this morning’s Daily Express. In fact, every newspaper this morning – the Guardian, the Financial Times and even...
Ross Moughtin
- May 27
Where there is new Wine
Bonjour! We always enjoy visiting M. Baranger. As a vigneron, he produces the most exquisite of wines, especially the regional Cabernet...
Ross Moughtin
- May 20
You did not desert me, brother-in-arms.
This blog comes to you from a unique location, from where the very first Allied opposed landing took place during WW2. And it’s not in...
Ross Moughtin
- May 13
There was a young man from Hong Kong
I write: “There was a young man from Hong Kong.” And you immediately start to compose a line with eight syllables concluding with a word...
Ross Moughtin
- May 6
Our conversations are to be different.
Sadly I wrote out the address with the familiar postcode probably for the last time. Over the years wherever we go – even if just for...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 29
God's faithfulness - despite everything
If you want to get really depressed, read 2 Kings, the book in the Old Testament which covers the final years of the kingdoms of Israel...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 22
Let us not mock God with metaphor
It either happened, or it didn’t. There is simply no middle ground. To quote the American novelist, John Updike, “Let us not mock God...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 15
Did Jesus die in despair?
Did Jesus die in despair? Moments before his last breath the dying Jesus summons up his rapidly-ebbing strength to shout “Eloi, Eloi,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 8
When waiting in A&E
I know the procedure well. Mobile phones, power pack, kindle and contigo insulated mugs with fresh coffee; this time, just in case,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 1
Just keep on walking
It should have been an early start today, but alas not. I was due to walk the final leg of the Gritstone Trail but sadly Alan, our...