Ross Moughtin
Who owns my body?
"None of us have the right to tell another how much suffering they can and should bear.” This quote from Baroness Wheeler goes to the...
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Ross Moughtin
Nov 22
Alexa and I are getting too close
I’m beginning to worry about my relationship with Alexa: I think we are getting too close. This is especially so since we have linked...
Ross Moughtin
Nov 15
When we are asked to do the impossible
“I believe that stepping aside is in the best interests of the Church of England, which I dearly love and which I have been honoured to...
Ross Moughtin
Nov 8
When coincidences happen
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous,” mused Albert Einstein. But actually, what are coincidences and how does God use them?...
Ross Moughtin
Nov 1
When we see the wrong way
“Not another reunion, Ross!” I happened to mention to my son-in-law that I am going to London this Monday for our annual Catz...
Ross Moughtin
Oct 25
To stand against tyranny
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14) Timing is everything, and the way...
Ross Moughtin
Oct 18
When celebrity crushes
Beware of being plucked from obscurity by a talent show to international stardom. Few people can handle the pressure of celebrity,...
Ross Moughtin
Oct 11
When faced with winds of 16,717 mph
When you are warned that a powerful hurricane is just hours away, you react. It seems that most Floridians took heed and wisely moved to...
Ross Moughtin
Oct 4
Just standing still for five minutes
Well here we are, in our hotel in what the locals call ‘le Boulevard du Crime,’ not an area of Paris we know very well and from its...
Ross Moughtin
Sep 27
The threat posed by vanilla
In my defence I knew I was taking a risk but even so, a risk worth taking. A brand-new operating system was offered by Apple for my...
Ross Moughtin
Sep 20
When you have blogger's block
What happens when you can’t think of anything to blog about? Well, that’s the situation I find myself in this morning. It’s been a...
Ross Moughtin
Sep 13
On being trundled into theatre
It was a strange time waiting to be wheeled into theatre. Even more so as I read that morning’s headline: Thousands dying due to NHS...
Ross Moughtin
Sep 6
So why live dangerously?
Why risk your life through base jumping off a cliff or cycle at speed along a narrow mountain ridge? We’ve seen the videos on social...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 30
God loves to surprise us
It’s not that surprising really, given who he is, but we often find God in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 23
Remember to wear your helmet
Ever since the Southport horrors I’ve been thinking a lot about the power, the reality of cosmic evil. The killings themselves – how...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 16
May we be alert to his ring
One of the key moments in my life: A-level results day. All these years later I can still vividly recall the tension as our headmaster...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 9
How we get there is as important as that we get there
Halo a dhaoine, That’s Gaelic. For the simple reason that this blog is being sent from Mallaig, the rather rainy port on the west...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 2
When our hearts cry out for justice
The tragedy of the Southport dance class stabbings is that it was utterly senseless. There seems no accounting for the truly evil...
Ross Moughtin
Jul 26
How to enjoy God's performance
A remarkable performance, by any standards. But what made it truly memorable was the conversation as we prepared to file out from the...
Ross Moughtin
Jul 19
To walk against the crowd
“Britain’s most dynamic churches are evangelical congregations whose conservative moral values are directly at odds with the liberal...
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