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How God changes the script.
Well, we finally made it. After over 40 years of failed expectations, after four daughters and nine granddaughters, we finally made it....

Ross Moughtin
Dec 14, 2018


We are to be good sailors in troubled waters.
This week’s session in the House of Commons is rightly taking centre stage as our elected representatives debate Brexit, what it means...

Ross Moughtin
Dec 7, 2018


What would Jesus make of IKEA?
"What would Jesus make of IKEA?" This question occurred to me as I was assembling the BILLY bookcase this week. Always a challenge,...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 30, 2018


Fighting against Black Friday, our challenge.
“But we don’t need another ice rink,” Jacqui patiently explained to me. “I know,” I replied, showing even more patience, “But it’s...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 23, 2018


When you stand your ground, alone.
Often our most powerful weapon – especially when we are taking on the strongholds of this world – is our weakness. We may face a heavily...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 16, 2018


Remembering Frank
Not that I knew it at the time but Frank and I shared the same bedroom. I only discovered this a few years back when I googled the...

Ross Moughtin
Nov 9, 2018


When you are threatened with Tadcaster.
“Don’t leave it too late to die” counsels the quietly efficient Sister Gilchrist of her patients in the newly-renamed Shirley Bassey ward....

Ross Moughtin
Nov 2, 2018


"Bacon buttie, vicar?" Why Christians break the law.
Why do Christians eat bacon? This theological question surfaced just after my muesli with fresh fruit and yoghurt. I was enjoying my...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 26, 2018


No longer on the other side of the world
Hi folks, This is going to be my longest blog ever. About 9000 kilometres long. For Jacqui and I are currently flying from Perth WA to...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 19, 2018


The open road, our need for adventure
G'day folks, Here in Australia I have just discovered a new tribe: the grey nomads. And there are now tens of thousands of them,...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 14, 2018


Living out of sight, in the Basement
G'day folks, Pressing the correct button in a lift can for some of us be a challenge. Staying in a rather upmarket hotel in the...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 5, 2018


Reading the beach, it can save a life.
w If this blog seems a little bumpy, it's because I'm writing this on the bus between Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise! Brian could read...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 28, 2018


When we realise it's God's ministry.
G'day folks, Walking along the Mount in Heswall I notice that the young man coming towards me is carrying the book "Chasing the Dragon"...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 21, 2018


Just at the right place, at the right time.
'We were just tourists in Salisbury.' The men known to us as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshiro were clearly spinning us a tale but...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 14, 2018


Curtain poles have a purpose
“Finally,” concludes Stanisław Aronson in an excellent article in Wednesday’s Guardian, “Do not ever imagine that your world cannot...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 7, 2018


Searching for lost keys, how not to panic.
Late start today. Apologies. The reason is I’ve been hunting for lost things. First, Jacqui with an appointment at 9.00 couldn’t find...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 31, 2018


Christ calls us to be credible and not credulous
Cows are more dangerous than sharks. I already knew that, having been attacked 28 years ago by a cow while on a run through fields near...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 24, 2018


God wants us to be attentive rather than active
This week I am busy collecting stress points. In fact, today I have already collected at least 25 and it’s not even 9.00 am. The reason...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 17, 2018


Your mission, should you choose to accept it
Ilsa: “You don't understand what you are involved in.” Ethan: “I don't understand what I'm involved in? “I don't understand what I'm...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 10, 2018


Hunting for a friendly power source
You may not have realised it yet – my apologies – but today is a Saturday. I say that because for the first time in about 20 years I...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 4, 2018
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