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"Here I stand. I can do no other."
1517. Arguably the most important year over the last millennium in the history of British Christianity. Such is the significance of its...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 20, 2017


Overheard: "I know you're here but where's here?"
A woman overheard me on my mobile this week and laughed loudly. So what did I say? "I know you're here but where's here?" It so...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 13, 2017


From violence and from golf to Christ
"People pay attention when they see that God actually changes persons and sets them free,” comments Brooklyn pastor Jim Cymbala. He...

Ross Moughtin
Oct 6, 2017


The racism in me
It’s 1988 and I need to make an urgent phone call. Fortunately I was in the centre of Rochdale, near the post office where I knew there...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 29, 2017


We'll praise him for all that is passed and trust him for all that is to come
Sunday, 8th April, 2018. That’s the date I am planning to retire as vicar of Christ Church Aughton. And it’s going to be difficult,...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 22, 2017


Discipleship – an exercise in unlearning.
In an attempt to maintain my fitness I am taking weekly swimming lessons at Ormskirk Park Pool – and finding them extremely difficult. ...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 15, 2017


When God's finished, I'm still the same me.
“Hello, Adrian. It’s Ross Moughtin!” Huge laugh. “Come right up.” It’s September and once again I am organising the annual reunion...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 8, 2017


We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine,” concluded physicist and long-distance cyclist, Arthur Eddington, “it is stranger...

Ross Moughtin
Sep 1, 2017


Where to find true happiness
Salut! "Whoever said money can't buy happiness," mused Golden Raspberry award-winning actress, Bo Derek "simply didn't know where to go...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 25, 2017


No neutral ground in this universe.
I just missed my train by moments this Wednesday and so I found myself sitting in Aughton Park railway station for 14 minutes. It was...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 18, 2017


Dunkirk – when defeat becomes a victory.
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is very simply a masterpiece. However, it is not your standard war movie. This is no prequel for Saving...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 11, 2017


Without us, God will not.
Either it's 'Dunkirk' (which I have been thinking about ever since I saw this remarkable film last Saturday) or alternatively, New Wine...

Ross Moughtin
Aug 4, 2017


The freedom which Jesus gives to those with the famous parent syndrome.
“Church asks tourists to keep unholy racket under control.” This headline in today’s Times caught my attention – another grumpy vicar...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 28, 2017


When the glass ceiling is made of reinforced concrete
Today, 21st July, is my mother’s 100th birthday! At least it would have been had she not died in good heart and in Christ just five...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 21, 2017


Saying YES to Christ Church, the very phone box.
Some 25 years ago at this very hour, I would have been in bed in Rochdale. However, had I been awake I would have been thinking, even...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 14, 2017


Guilt – the gift that keeps on giving.
“I am a Catholic,” confessed Billy Connolly. “I have an A level in guilt.” Catholic guilt was very much the theme of the BBC1 drama...

Ross Moughtin
Jul 7, 2017


As disembodied voices go, it was impressive!
As disembodied voices go, it was impressive! Last night I took the M6 south to Werrigton and Wetley Rocks, which as you know is six...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 30, 2017


So keep at it, even if no one notices
So today it’s SIAMS! Even as I type these words the Registered Inspector is getting into his car to arrive at our church school for...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 23, 2017


Strange how God uses mistakes.
As soon as I walked in after all those years, I knew for certain that it was God who had engineered my move to Heswall. At the time in...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 16, 2017


In a word, we find ourselves in a muddle.
“So where does that all leave us?” The Thomas Cook flight from Holguin to Manchester slams on its airbrakes just 7000 feet over our...

Ross Moughtin
Jun 9, 2017
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