Encountering God in our everyday lives

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5 days ago

Competence versus celebrity

I don’t know whether my daughter has read this morning’s Sun but I’m sure she will be delighted to learn that her hero, England's Chief...

Ross Moughtin

Apr 9

Look through the crack in your wardrobe

Going to church on Easter Sunday seemed strange, even slightly awkward. Apart from some funerals I’ve conducted, I haven’t been to a...

The cross of Jesus subverts our every assumption

Ross Moughtin

Apr 2

The cross of Jesus subverts our every assumption

The cruel and lingering death of Jesus, the Son of God, would upend our entire view of reality, subvert our every assumption of how we...

How to frame our week, should normal life ever return.

Ross Moughtin

Mar 26

How to frame our week, should normal life ever return.

Hi folks, So it’s Friday. That may come as news to some of you! One of the effects of lockdown is that we can so easily lose the...

Ross Moughtin

Mar 19

When all we can do is weep

“Why did Mary stay behind? “ This morning’s BRF Guidelines features John’s account of the resurrection. (I’m a few days ahead). A...

Ross Moughtin

Mar 12

To go hi-vis in Jesus' name

“I hate small towns, “ commented comedian Lenny Bruce, “because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.” ...

Ross Moughtin

Mar 5

When conspiracy theorists are let loose

So 4th March came and went – and Joe Biden is still POTUS. The chances are you don’t know what I am talking about but I am referring to...

Ross Moughtin

Feb 26

When we view our memories

At two frames a second, it’s going to take months, even years! And for years I’ve been waiting for the technology to arrive at a price I...

Ross Moughtin

Feb 19

When God asks you to do the impossible

Fifty years ago yesterday Logos was launched and with her the launch of a remarkable ministry to the nations. Over the past five...

Ross Moughtin

Feb 12

When the way ahead is uncertain

Mea culpa: I have booked a holiday, even one abroad. It seemed a good idea last July. As such it was a great deal some 11 months in...

Ross Moughtin

Feb 5

Trainers as subversive

Like a child with a new toy, I’m excited by a Christmas present, delayed by the pandemic, which Hermes delivered only yesterday. Yes,...

Ross Moughtin

Jan 29

Now that I am unblinded

The long-awaited phone call came from our GP – and so it was time to unblind me. You may recall that last summer I took part in the...

Ross Moughtin

Jan 22

Tough times for young people

This blog should have been coming to you from sunny Tenerife but it isn’t. Like everyone Jacqui and I have been hit by the pandemic. ...

Ross Moughtin

Jan 15

How to be bored in church

I hated church, I hated church with every atom of my being – but still my parents sent me. We’re talking about St Nicholas’...

Image of spring, too brilliant to be true

Ross Moughtin

Jan 8

Image of spring, too brilliant to be true

Hard frost this morning. As the day begins, the entire field behind our house is whitened by the frost; cold and stark. I look at the...

Ross Moughtin

Jan 1

When we see the wrong future

“Thank God,” headlines this morning’s Daily Mail. “2021 is here at last!’ Exactly. Of course, for many the Year of the Optician is...

Ross Moughtin

Dec 24, 2020

The Saviour is in the detail

On this Holy Night (I’m writing this on Christmas Eve) lights are going on all over Europe as legislators and bureaucrats work their way...

Ross Moughtin

Dec 18, 2020

Tears, an invitation to God

“If in doubt, burst into tears!” Of course, not for all situations, especially if you are being goaded – but often it takes tears to...

Ross Moughtin

Dec 11, 2020

When God keeps Fergie time.

We are now entering ‘last minute’ territory, at least judging by the headlines in this morning’s papers. The Times speaks for them all: ...

Ross Moughtin

Dec 4, 2020

Vaccination, a spiritual battlefield

Over the months I have become a master practitioner in assembling the little cardboard box, the container chosen to safely convey my swab...

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