Ross Moughtin
The fear of failure
To spend your life avoiding failure is a sure route to becoming a failure. This week I came across a fascinating article examining how...
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Ross Moughtin
- Oct 3, 2014
Who else celebrates Harvest?
As a vicar, the saying goes, you can only stay in a church for seven years. The reason is that no one has more than seven harvest talks....
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 26, 2014
Why Ed doesn't use notes (when he should)
So what is the subject of this week’s blog?. Sometimes I have a good idea the previous day what I’m going to write about, other times...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 19, 2014
When our NO is actually an YES!
YES – it’s a NO! By a margin of 10%. But I wonder if the result have been any different if the referendum question had been asked the...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 12, 2014
We all need vision, not just the Scots
Well, this time next week we will know the outcome, whether there will still be blue in the Union flag. Not that this has been an easy...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 5, 2014
Our actions always have consequences
“Don’t for a minute believe the lies being spoken here – ‘This is God’s Temple, God’s Temple, God’s Temple!’ Total nonsense!” This...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 29, 2014
What our church tower is saying
Homeward bound from our French holiday along the M58. Then at junction 5, Christ Church appears some 8.4 miles ahead. “Well, at least...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 15, 2014
How the croissant changed my life
A memorable event: Friday, 2 October 1959: 08.16 CET. My first croissant. Looking back over the years from here in Etreuille, a small...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 8, 2014
Before the cock crows
Usual Friday morning, familiar routine so far. This being August, only one event in my diary. So let’s get going. However, if I were...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 1, 2014
When God turns the tide
Great time here at New Wine! And for this morning, for the main meeting in the Arena, we have William Paul Young. Who's he? Well, many...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 25, 2014
Make time for a true Holyday
Today’s main task – to get ready for our annual visit to New Wine, a week at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet along...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 18, 2014
God puts the extra into extravagance
A Friday wedding beckons – and so off to a very smart hotel in Ullswater. We look forward to sharing in the celebrations of my nephew...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 11, 2014
Parenting – a calling and a priority
Fascinating article in this week’s Economist. If – like grumpy old me – you thought that today’s young people were all drugs, sex and...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 4, 2014
Making sense of tragedy
The Three Dancers” for half an hour to see what would happen. I learnt this way of looking at paintings from Henri Nouwen, which he...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 28, 2014
One event – huge consequences
28 June, 1914. We mark the centenary tomorrow. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife by Gavrilo...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 20, 2014
When I decide to belong
“Don’t cry, Kai. If Italy beat Costa Rica today… then Suarez & Co lose to Italy.. and Daddy scores a couple (or maybe more) against...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 14, 2014
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...
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. ...
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