Ross Moughtin
Our conversations are to be different.
Sadly I wrote out the address with the familiar postcode probably for the last time. Over the years wherever we go – even if just for...
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Ross Moughtin
- Apr 29
God's faithfulness - despite everything
If you want to get really depressed, read 2 Kings, the book in the Old Testament which covers the final years of the kingdoms of Israel...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 22
Let us not mock God with metaphor
It either happened, or it didn’t. There is simply no middle ground. To quote the American novelist, John Updike, “Let us not mock God...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 15
Did Jesus die in despair?
Did Jesus die in despair? Moments before his last breath the dying Jesus summons up his rapidly-ebbing strength to shout “Eloi, Eloi,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 8
When waiting in A&E
I know the procedure well. Mobile phones, power pack, kindle and contigo insulated mugs with fresh coffee; this time, just in case,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 1
Just keep on walking
It should have been an early start today, but alas not. I was due to walk the final leg of the Gritstone Trail but sadly Alan, our...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 25
A master-class lesson in forgiveness
“The first step on the way to victory,” observed Corrie Ten Boom, “ is to recognize the enemy.” She should know, having been...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 18
Be the living expression of God's kindness.
And then suddenly this woman, on hearing my name, embraced me warmly. There on the pavement, at the corner of Clifton Road and Church...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 11
Fighting against the odds
I stood transfixed, as I unloaded the shopping yesterday, watching the aerial dogfight above our house. The two buzzards, who nest at...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 4
To welcome everyone, especially those not like us.
For those of you who did not tune into Radio 3 yesterday for the evening concert by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, you missed...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 25
Not to respond to Putin in the way Putin would.
It was in the heady days of the so-called peace dividend. We’re talking about the early 1990’s. The Berlin Wall had been breached and...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 18
Waiting for the storm
We await the arrival of Eunice, the calm before the storm. As I write this outside seems perfectly calm, the trees stand still and no...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 11
When you live in a dark place.
“Another day. Gotta keep it together. Face the world.” That quote could come from either of the two current streamed series which I’ve...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 4
When we used to write letters
“Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly," observes comedian Steve Carell. “It's disappearing. My mom is the only one...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 28
When the truth keeps you in isolation
Gradually the T line begins to form, yet again. Another day in self-isolation! Yes, I have COVID. Not sure how but probably just before...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 21
Will they let us in?
¡Hola! Today a day of mild anxiety as we fly home. Will we get stuck on the motorway? Will the car rental person try and rip me off?...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 14
How to sail without sinking
¡Hola! When we were last here, gazing over the waters to the island of La Gomera, who could have known? This was way back in January...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 7
A banquet of consequences
As a ministry it served a real need and in its own way, very fruitful. But alas, because I now put on weight, forever abandoned: the...
Ross Moughtin
- Dec 31, 2021
Just look up!
Hey, it’s a Friday! I only realised this when I opened my Gmail account to find an email from Alexia, reminding me of all the wonderful...
Ross Moughtin
- Dec 24, 2021
When we are eagerly waiting
Christmas Eve! One of the many sadnesses of leaving childhood behind is that this day is no longer one of unbearable excitement. Such...