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Ross Moughtin
Apr 23, 2021
When the Gospel is Marmite
This could be great news. There again, it could ruin your day. There’s a national shortage of Marmite. “Panic spreads among Marmite...


Ross Moughtin
Apr 16, 2021
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, 2021
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...


Ross Moughtin
Apr 2, 2021
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...


Ross Moughtin
Mar 26, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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’...


Ross Moughtin
Jan 8, 2021
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, 2021
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: ...
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