Ross Moughtin
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...
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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...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 31, 2014
Vocation, not vacation.
This Monday I had just returned from an early morning run while it was still cool. I found myself sharing the small lift with a man about...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 17, 2014
How to wreck a church
Q How do you damage, even destroy, a church? A Give it a £1million. That’s what happened to a friend’s church – not in...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 10, 2014
How does God diffuse my anger?
Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble, all loins quake, all faces grow pale! This week it’s Nahum...
Ross Moughtin
- Jan 3, 2014
Christians forgive - that’s what we do.
With two of our five granddaughters in residence now watching an early morning showing of Peppa Pig, a somewhat rough and ready blog as...
Ross Moughtin
- Dec 20, 2013
Faith in real time is tough
Looking back it all seems so inevitable – but it didn’t feel like that at the time. The story of the building and commissioning of the...
Ross Moughtin
- Dec 13, 2013
For him only our very best
This will impress you. I have successfully attained the food safety and hygiene for catering at level 2. The news broke yesterday...
Ross Moughtin
- Dec 6, 2013
To know ourselves loved and valued
Not much time this morning – I have a breakfast date with Santa as we take Kate and Tess to school. Grandad rule #1 – never be late for...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 29, 2013
We are the Christmas lights!
It was the vicar of Ormskirk, Chris Jones who insisted that we do not appear on stage alongside Santa. There has to be a definite...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 22, 2013
Is there any hope in this vase universe?
It is a truly terrifying prospect, of drifting away, alone and defenceless, into the vastness of space, with no hope of recovery. I had...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 15, 2013
When God bounces your life up and down
“Let me tell you a story.” This could be an introduction to the scriptures – for that is what the Bible is, a story, with a beginning,...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 8, 2013
When someone listens
One thing I learnt from my time as a young reporter at the Crosby Herald/Formby Times is that you can always track someone down. This...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 1, 2013
Leaving old habits behind
It’s strange how simple events can remind you of particular people. Putting the demerara sugar on my porridge this morning reminded me of...
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