Ross Moughtin
If God doesn’t show up, we’re stuffed!
“If God doesn’t show up, we’re stuffed!” This declaration by Mancunian Andy Hawthorne has to be the best definition of Christian...
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Ross Moughtin
- Jul 22, 2022
When others fall down
“Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself.” Then the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 15, 2022
When we weed for beauty
“Talk about the big Poppy takeover” commented the daughter who was initially responsible. Alongside our house there is a 30m flower...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 1, 2022
Our most momentous technical advance?
What would you consider to be “the most momentous technical advance in history?” Quite a question! Vaclav Smil, a Canadian academic and...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 24, 2022
Our need for adventure with Maverick
“Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary. What he has to teach you could...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 17, 2022
God, the God of the 'despite'
A key moment in the Party at the Palace was when the full glory of Joseph's technicolour dreamcoat was displayed, the highlight of the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 10, 2022
God knows how to bless
“Lord, bless this mess” prayed the late David Watson as he considered his leadership of his church in York, a church which was to have...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 3, 2022
Humour and humility: our Queen
“Incredible! headlines this morning’s Daily Express. In fact, every newspaper this morning – the Guardian, the Financial Times and even...
Ross Moughtin
- May 27, 2022
Where there is new Wine
Bonjour! We always enjoy visiting M. Baranger. As a vigneron, he produces the most exquisite of wines, especially the regional Cabernet...
Ross Moughtin
- May 20, 2022
You did not desert me, brother-in-arms.
This blog comes to you from a unique location, from where the very first Allied opposed landing took place during WW2. And it’s not in...
Ross Moughtin
- May 13, 2022
There was a young man from Hong Kong
I write: “There was a young man from Hong Kong.” And you immediately start to compose a line with eight syllables concluding with a word...
Ross Moughtin
- May 6, 2022
Our conversations are to be different.
Sadly I wrote out the address with the familiar postcode probably for the last time. Over the years wherever we go – even if just for...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 29, 2022
God's faithfulness - despite everything
If you want to get really depressed, read 2 Kings, the book in the Old Testament which covers the final years of the kingdoms of Israel...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 22, 2022
Let us not mock God with metaphor
It either happened, or it didn’t. There is simply no middle ground. To quote the American novelist, John Updike, “Let us not mock God...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 15, 2022
Did Jesus die in despair?
Did Jesus die in despair? Moments before his last breath the dying Jesus summons up his rapidly-ebbing strength to shout “Eloi, Eloi,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 8, 2022
When waiting in A&E
I know the procedure well. Mobile phones, power pack, kindle and contigo insulated mugs with fresh coffee; this time, just in case,...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 1, 2022
Just keep on walking
It should have been an early start today, but alas not. I was due to walk the final leg of the Gritstone Trail but sadly Alan, our...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 25, 2022
A master-class lesson in forgiveness
“The first step on the way to victory,” observed Corrie Ten Boom, “ is to recognize the enemy.” She should know, having been...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 18, 2022
Be the living expression of God's kindness.
And then suddenly this woman, on hearing my name, embraced me warmly. There on the pavement, at the corner of Clifton Road and Church...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 11, 2022
Fighting against the odds
I stood transfixed, as I unloaded the shopping yesterday, watching the aerial dogfight above our house. The two buzzards, who nest at...
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