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How did he get away with it for so long?
It’s the Jimmy Saville question: how did they get away with it for so long? This morning’s newspapers are dominated by Prince William’s...

Ross Moughtin
May 21, 2021


When our router shows red.
Should I lay hands on my internet router? That’s the spiritual battle for today. It’s there on my desk, just alongside my keyboard –its...

Ross Moughtin
May 14, 2021


When God calls us to clean floors
I had no choice but to enter the Gents at the end of the car park. It was to change my life, a bit. I recalled this epiphany some 30...

Ross Moughtin
May 7, 2021


We're in this together. So is Jesus
The infections have spread so fast that hospitals have been completely swamped. People are turned away by the thousands. Medicine is...

Ross Moughtin
Apr 30, 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 23, 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 16, 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 9, 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
Apr 2, 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 26, 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 19, 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 12, 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
Mar 5, 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 26, 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 19, 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 12, 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
Feb 5, 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 29, 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 22, 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 15, 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 8, 2021
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