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Preparing to encounter God at New Wine
This year it’s going to be different. Tomorrow Jacqui and I travel the 200 miles or so to Shepton Mallet in Somerset, to the Royal Bath...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 27, 2018


Tackling knife crime in Verona
We are in the midst of a public health emergency, according to Labour MP Sarah Jones This follows the publication yesterday for...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 20, 2018


We know how it ends - Jesus wins.
Had we made the Final, I’m not sure I would have coped with the tension. It was bad enough in 1966. Such was the stress I remember...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 13, 2018


When praying for those with disabilities.
“Archbishop: I don't pray for my daughter's disability.” This is the headline for an excellent piece on this morning’s BBC’s news site...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 6, 2018


Seeing God in beautiful engineering
Question: your wife is away for two nights and you have a whole day for yourself. What does a bloke do? Answer: you go on a circuitous...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 29, 2018


Remember that we were once strangers in Egypt
Who would be a politician? As Barack Obama observes: “What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 22, 2018


Speaking "ORDER" into chaos
"Resume your seat! Resume your seat, young man!" For a moment I thought Sergeant at Arms would have to frogmarch Ian Blackford out of...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 15, 2018


Whatever it takes, we have to stay local.
“The Council collapsed. Groups like St Helen’s Church, The Clement James Centre, and The Westway Centre, ‘became’ the local government,...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 8, 2018


It didn't seem inevitable at the time
History matters. Just ask any supporter of Everton Football Club. How we see ourselves today depends to a large part on how we...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 1, 2018


Alexa, are you related to HAL?
ALEXA, write my blog. If only. But now, thanks to the CofE digital publishing team, I can ask ALEXA to lead me in prayer or even...

Ross Moughtin
May 25, 2018


Cynicism is trying to make people as unhappy as you are. (Ricky Gervais)
“Good. It's going to need careful training, the commander-in-chief wants a special squadron formed. it'll be best if you formed it...

Ross Moughtin
May 18, 2018


Past put behind us, for the future take us
It’s November 1974 and a new house group of St Margaret’s Durham meets for the first time. As it happens most of us don’t know each...

Ross Moughtin
May 11, 2018


God's glorious future, we can scarcely imagine .
So my last blog as vicar of Christ Church, Aughton - I formally retire this coming Tuesday. However, to quote Fran Lebowitz, "You're...

Ross Moughtin
May 4, 2018


When prayer is more than a walk in the park
“Devote yourselves to prayer,” writes the apostle Paul to the Colossians (4:2) in my Bible reading for today. The BRF Guidelines...

Ross Moughtin
Apr 27, 2018


God forgets, the ultimate oxymoron
"Watch yourselves carefully", warns Jesus. "You can’t whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day’s coming...

Ross Moughtin
Apr 20, 2018


We need our routines, all of us
It’s Friday morning – which means “Write your blog.” So here we go. We had a great weekend as we marked my final Sunday as vicar of...

Ross Moughtin
Apr 13, 2018


When we need to party
Well, we’re nearly there. Tomorrow afternoon at 5.00 pm the farewell Kleenex-themed event at the Ministry Centre. I’ve no idea what’s...

Ross Moughtin
Apr 6, 2018


When the crowd bays for blood
"Gutted to see Steve Smith breaking down,” tweeted Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar this morning. “And also the way people are treating...

Ross Moughtin
Mar 30, 2018


Are you a runner or a rower
Are you a rower or a runner? This week has been a succession of lasts – my final Annual Meeting on Sunday, my final Governing Body...

Ross Moughtin
Mar 23, 2018


Good listening bears fruit
It must have been particularly difficult having a conversation with Stephen Hawking, especially towards the end of his remarkable life. ...

Ross Moughtin
Mar 16, 2018
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