Ross Moughtin
Why Ridley's Napoleon fails to impress
Waterloo. Where I spent 15 of my early years, attending Waterloo Grammar School, running for Waterloo Harriers, supporting Waterloo Rugby...
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Ross Moughtin
- Nov 24, 2023
A most unusual award ceremony
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task” declared the remarkable Helen Keller, “but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 17, 2023
The truth regarding nappy buckets
“Excuse me, is this the Gallery?” We’d just called to Cedar Farm for a coffee en route from the crematorium. However, the coffee shop...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 10, 2023
The terrors of being a tail end Charlie
Tail end Charlie sounds like a fun character from a pantomime. In reality, the very opposite – one of the most dangerous assignments...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 3, 2023
When Christians get in the way
We were delighted to hear that our teenage niece had started attending her local church in North Vancouver. As it happens we knew the...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 27, 2023
When God uses plagiarism
So Rachel Reeves has been found out, a lesson for us all. Me especially , The Financial Times made an analysis of her book, The Women Who...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 20, 2023
When our perceptions keep us in check
Perceptions are everything. Canadian novelist, Robertson Davies, was spot on when he observed: “The eye sees only what the mind is...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 13, 2023
May the Lion of Judah bring his Shalom
On my autumn hoodie I wear a gold-coloured pin, a small lion. I can see it now, at the back of the chair opposite. Not the lion of...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 6, 2023
Invest for the highest rate of return
This morning’s most perceptive frontpage was not from the usual broadsheets nor from the mainstream tabloids but of all the national...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 29, 2023
When the Gospel seed is planted
Sometimes good news catches you off balance. That certainly was our experience earlier this week when we turned up at an unfamiliar...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 22, 2023
When global warming isn't my problem.
The big problem of global warming is that it is not a problem for me, not in my lifetime. The very opposite, in fact: warmer summers,...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 15, 2023
When Barbie and Ken encounter Reality.
Ken: I just don't know who I am without you. Barbie: You're Ken. Ken: But it's Barbie and Ken. There's no just Ken. That's why I was...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 8, 2023
Sundays at 6.30 - the end of an era
“Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord.” This coming Sunday for the first time in aeons, I will be leading a service of choral...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 1, 2023
In the darkest sky, even to shine
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them,” so observed Elvis. Or someone else – quite a few would lay claim to this quote. But things...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 25, 2023
A lesson on how to be mega-rich
He may have been the richest man in the world – but even so, I felt I owed him one, and so we visited the humble home in which he was...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 18, 2023
When churches burn and Christians suffer
It was painful to watch. You may have seen the item on last night’s BBC News at Ten from Pakistan, how an enraged mob in Jaranwala set...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 11, 2023
We need to think, as simple as that.
As we approach a new season for the Premier League, the good news is that Everton is currently 9th, just behind Crystal Palace and one...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 4, 2023
That we need New Wine
So here we are in the middle of a rather damp field in Kent, under an overcast sky, for our annual New Wine experience. However, the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 28, 2023
Why this fascination with railways?
For me it is the ultimate expression of Anglicanism as Chester Cathedral hosts “Making Tracks,” the model railway created by musician...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 21, 2023
The Great Creme Egg Robbery
The big question, of course, is WHY? Why would anyone want to steal 200,000 Cadbury Crème Eggs? Two maybe, but 200,000! I came across...
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