Ross Moughtin
How can a funeral be a celebration?
Clive was a character, a one-off, whose life we celebrate later today in his thanksgiving service. For many of us a daily visit to the...
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Ross Moughtin
- Jun 13, 2014
Good news for a fractured world
Thanks to modern technology and an over-conscientious work ethic, this blog comes to you from a remote valley in Bohemia. Jacqui and I...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 6, 2014
Knowing you are on the winning side
Early morning, 6thJune. “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will...
Ross Moughtin
- May 30, 2014
Never Assume
Never assume. One of the most important lessons in ministry, usually painfully learned, is to not to make assumptions about people. ...
Ross Moughtin
- May 23, 2014
What happens when things happen?
We were delighted to find a plaque. And so our American visitors, Dave Johnson from Christ Church Charlottesville along with his...
Ross Moughtin
- May 16, 2014
Being salt is not a pain-free option
“And the most attractive quality of a speaker,” writes Rick Warren, “is authenticity.” He continues: “Credibility is a preacher’s...
Ross Moughtin
- May 9, 2014
When ‘he’ is a ‘she’ but never an ‘it’
For the first time in 40 years I am saying he/him rather than the default she/her. It’s not easy. Even yesterday when I held newborn...
Ross Moughtin
- May 2, 2014
When God refuses to let me go
“God bless Adam and his family, even though he’s a *.” So prayed the unemployed and unemployable inadequate Colin in the final episode...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 25, 2014
How to handle failure
"We need to end the season on a high. We want to finish by winning all of our games. We'll do everything we possibly can to make that...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 18, 2014
What to do with Good Friday?
Today Good Friday; for me, the busiest day of the year. 10.00 Cottage Lane Mission; 11.30 procession of witness; 12 noon open air...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 11, 2014
When the saints compete
“Slow down! This is not a race, just a run in the park.” I had to keep on reminding myself, as I ran in my first Ormskirk 5k park run...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 4, 2014
How Christians should boast
A moving testimony to God's faithfulness embedded in this week’s notices. I have written before about baby Henry Dalgoutte diagnosed...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 28, 2014
The most important thing I do
Once this blog has been dispatched, I walk to church for morning prayers. A sad occasion, as this will be the last time Phil Weston will...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 21, 2014
Which one is the church?
There couldn’t have been a greater contrast. One building, looking very much like a church, saying it wasn’t. Another building looking...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 14, 2014
Keep me travelling along with you
Early start today. Breakfast in Aughton; lunch in Copenhagen. At least, that’s the plan. Not that our plans always work out. You can...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 7, 2014
Do Christians need a spare tyre?
A spare tyre means, if I can quote Maya Angelou completely out of context, “hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 28, 2014
I’m late. Why keep to the speed limit?
A new view awaits me as I sit down to write this blog. Facing me, on the street light on opposite side of Swanpool Lane, is a speed...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 21, 2014
When we don’t see the blindingly obvious
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch like me! This Monday Jacqui and I went to the sofa cinema at Fact, Liverpool,...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 14, 2014
When we are stuck
I just managed to catch the 17.07 to Lime Street from Euston. At 17.27 the Virgin tweet appeared in dramatic block capitals. "NEW: ALL...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 7, 2014
When Christians are a pain
This blog comes to you thanks to imigran, from the laboratories of GlaxoSmithKline, for which I praise God. At about 5.00 am this...