Ross Moughtin
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...
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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...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 9, 2021
To be proud of our humilty
For those of you who collect hashtags, #SouthgateMustGo no doubt will become an item of rare value, one which will cause much puzzlement...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 2, 2021
Never rely on your pre-frontal cortex
I stood at the penalty spot facing the Kop to look up at the goal just 12 yards in front of me, and marvelled: “How could anyone miss at...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 25, 2021
When a queue shows God's Kingdom
In my defence, I was too busy fumbling in my wallet looking for my Dobbie’s card. And social distancing had so spaced it out so I hadn’t...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 18, 2021
What my father taught me at Wembley
“Just stay close to me,” said my father as he hurled himself into the solid wall of supporters. It seemed impossible but somehow he...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 11, 2021
How God uses coincidence, again.
“Coincidence,” mused Albert Einstein, “is God's way of remaining anonymous.” In which case, for me yesterday the Lord showed his hand...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 4, 2021
To think with a new operating system
Me: “Jesus, why do you respond to a question by asking another?” Jesus: “Why do you think?” It’s always encouraging when you are...
Ross Moughtin
- May 28, 2021
To quote Ron's big rival, just do it!
Saturday, 25th October 2008: the day I beat Ron Hill. Mind you I’m not sure Ron was trying. For him the Standish Trail Race was just a...
Ross Moughtin
- May 21, 2021
How did he get away with it for so long?
It’s the Jimmy Saville question: how did they get away with it for so long? This morning’s newspapers are dominated by Prince William’s...
Ross Moughtin
- May 14, 2021
When our router shows red.
Should I lay hands on my internet router? That’s the spiritual battle for today. It’s there on my desk, just alongside my keyboard –its...
Ross Moughtin
- May 7, 2021
When God calls us to clean floors
I had no choice but to enter the Gents at the end of the car park. It was to change my life, a bit. I recalled this epiphany some 30...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 30, 2021
We're in this together. So is Jesus
The infections have spread so fast that hospitals have been completely swamped. People are turned away by the thousands. Medicine is...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 23, 2021
When the Gospel is Marmite
This could be great news. There again, it could ruin your day. There’s a national shortage of Marmite. “Panic spreads among Marmite...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 16, 2021
Competence versus celebrity
I don’t know whether my daughter has read this morning’s Sun but I’m sure she will be delighted to learn that her hero, England's Chief...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 9, 2021
Look through the crack in your wardrobe
Going to church on Easter Sunday seemed strange, even slightly awkward. Apart from some funerals I’ve conducted, I haven’t been to a...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 2, 2021
The cross of Jesus subverts our every assumption
The cruel and lingering death of Jesus, the Son of God, would upend our entire view of reality, subvert our every assumption of how we...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 26, 2021
How to frame our week, should normal life ever return.
Hi folks, So it’s Friday. That may come as news to some of you! One of the effects of lockdown is that we can so easily lose the...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 19, 2021
When all we can do is weep
“Why did Mary stay behind? “ This morning’s BRF Guidelines features John’s account of the resurrection. (I’m a few days ahead). A...