Ross Moughtin
When God does a full reinstall
Well, I’m hoping it’s going to be easier than last week’s blog. I’m talking about my Mac, so very slow last Friday. Writing my blog...
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Ross Moughtin
- Nov 19, 2021
So let's hear it for Athelstan
Today is Friday, 19 November while on the other side of the English channel it is Vendredi 19 Novembre. Which tells you a lot about our...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 12, 2021
Not just remember but don’t ever forget
So we were having our coffees in the bright morning sunshine, facing the historic market hall at Covent Garden, when we realised that it...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 5, 2021
When children are enslaved
We don’t know her name, we don’t know what happened to her but we do know she had been seized from her home and trafficked to become a...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 29, 2021
COP26 - God will be attending. It's his earth.
“Why the COP26 climate summit will be both crucial and disappointing” reports this morning’s Economist. And yet despite everything it...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 22, 2021
Blog on Bond
The world is endangered yet again, then saved by a man in a dinner jacket. That’s basically the story line of every James Bond film since...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 15, 2021
How not to kick the can down the road
Suddenly I was confronted with a signpost showing two opposite directions, not what I was expecting as I walked the second leg of the...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 8, 2021
When our plans go awry
Twice in as many weeks our day-to-day plans have been entirely disrupted by covid. As it happens, not by us having covid– we continue to...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 1, 2021
How one worn step changed a life
This Wednesday, while visiting Cambridge, we found ourselves virtually alone in the medieval splendour of King’s College chapel. So I...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 24, 2021
To have your cake - and eat it
Every so often a verse from the Bible jumps at you to challenge us to think afresh about how we are to follow Jesus. Well, for the last...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 17, 2021
When we look for signs
“Everyone knows where Dad is except Dad.” So my daughter whatsapped yesterday as I walked Cheshire’s Sandstone Trail with Bella the dog....
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 10, 2021
When naivety gives way to cynicism
“I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.” As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I am currently...
Ross Moughtin
- Sep 3, 2021
To complete the full set
So tomorrow it’s going to be another D, as in Dulwich Park. For your info my other D is Delamere Forest which I did in 2019. Not that I...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 27, 2021
When told to do the impossible
An encouraging email this week: “A big thank you for the support through MDR. You are one of the few clergy I feel instinctively...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 20, 2021
When God lifts the mist
I knew it was going to be a challenging walk but our mountain walk guide promised one of the most stunning views in all of Snowdonia from...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 13, 2021
To see the 10,000 angels above us
On entering Ripon Cathedral: when all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of Origami angels. Ten thousand, to be precise. Yes, we were there...
Ross Moughtin
- Aug 6, 2021
A tale of two Tokyo Olympics
Hi folks, In a tale of two Tokyo Olympics, who would have thought I could be beaten by a woman! This Wednesday, while sitting on...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 30, 2021
To be rickrolled by God
I know that this is an outrageous claim to make but I think I was rickrolled before anyone else. At the very least I was in the first...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 23, 2021
Why did he run in this heat?
Why in this heat did the father run to welcome his returning son? I was discussing with one of my daughters how to communicate the Good...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 16, 2021
Which ever way, there's risk
What’s it like to be a guinea pig? Well, we shall soon find out. As a nation we are, in the words of yesterday’s Nature briefing, about...
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