Ross Moughtin
Making sense of tragedy
The Three Dancers” for half an hour to see what would happen. I learnt this way of looking at paintings from Henri Nouwen, which he...
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Ross Moughtin
Jun 13, 2014
Good news for a fractured world
Thanks to modern technology and an over-conscientious work ethic, this blog comes to you from a remote valley in Bohemia. Jacqui and I...
Ross Moughtin
May 16, 2014
Being salt is not a pain-free option
“And the most attractive quality of a speaker,” writes Rick Warren, “is authenticity.” He continues: “Credibility is a preacher’s...
Ross Moughtin
May 2, 2014
When God refuses to let me go
“God bless Adam and his family, even though he’s a *.” So prayed the unemployed and unemployable inadequate Colin in the final episode...
Ross Moughtin
Apr 11, 2014
When the saints compete
“Slow down! This is not a race, just a run in the park.” I had to keep on reminding myself, as I ran in my first Ormskirk 5k park run...
Ross Moughtin
Mar 28, 2014
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...
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
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
Sep 27, 2013
We all need encouragement
The owner of Norton Grange hotel, opposite our vicarage in Rochdale, was planning to open a health club. He came over to win our support....
Ross Moughtin
Sep 20, 2013
Jesus and no red shoes
Which size of red shoes would the new Pope be wearing? A Vatican official was being interviewed on preparations for electing the new...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 30, 2013
When to pray in French
Louange et gloire à toi Dieu de Jésus-Christ! Louange et gloire à toi Source de la vie! The fact that I didn’t know what ‘louange”...
Ross Moughtin
Aug 16, 2013
Nourished by New Wine
So here I am once again, in the middle of a very large field in Nottinghamshire, writing this blog as the sun (rather than the usual...
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