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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


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
Jan 1, 2021


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 24, 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 18, 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 11, 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...

Ross Moughtin
Dec 4, 2020


A very different Christmas!
This Christmas is going to be outside. So I have bought, sadly from Amazon, our first outdoor projector lights to dazzle the...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 27, 2020


When what should have happened didn't actually happen.
“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.” So tweeted Ivanka Trump in quoting Albert Einstein. Except that Albert never...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 20, 2020
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