Ross Moughtin
What's it like to lose everything?
What’s it like to lose everything? Just after my ordination a good friend, an experienced insurance assessor, offered his advice on...
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Ross Moughtin
- Jul 26, 2019
How to hurry and still make time
“These are the decisions of a prime minister in a hurry’” observes BBCs political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, of our new prime minister. ...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 12, 2019
What is 'Line of Duty' doing to us?
As we await the third episode of Line of Duty, I regret not taking notes during the first four series. The genius of Jed Mercurio’s...
Ross Moughtin
- Apr 4, 2019
We all need to be pushed
Each Tuesday at Ormskirk's Park pool Sarah tries to drown me. I now know her technique. To begin with she aims to tire me out through...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 23, 2018
Fighting against Black Friday, our challenge.
“But we don’t need another ice rink,” Jacqui patiently explained to me. “I know,” I replied, showing even more patience, “But it’s...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 16, 2018
When you stand your ground, alone.
Often our most powerful weapon – especially when we are taking on the strongholds of this world – is our weakness. We may face a heavily...
Ross Moughtin
- Nov 9, 2018
Remembering Frank
Not that I knew it at the time but Frank and I shared the same bedroom. I only discovered this a few years back when I googled the...
Ross Moughtin
- Jul 31, 2015
No short cuts in this Kingdom
I relish short cuts. I’m not just talking about turning right onto Blindman’s Lane to avoid the FiveWays junction. I’m talking about...
Ross Moughtin
- Jun 28, 2014
One event – huge consequences
28 June, 1914. We mark the centenary tomorrow. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife by Gavrilo...
Ross Moughtin
- Mar 7, 2014
Do Christians need a spare tyre?
A spare tyre means, if I can quote Maya Angelou completely out of context, “hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised...
Ross Moughtin
- Feb 7, 2014
When Christians are a pain
This blog comes to you thanks to imigran, from the laboratories of GlaxoSmithKline, for which I praise God. At about 5.00 am this...
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
- Jan 10, 2014
How does God diffuse my anger?
Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble, all loins quake, all faces grow pale! This week it’s Nahum...
Ross Moughtin
- Oct 4, 2013
An untidy desk? You need Jesus
This desk is a mess. So before I do anything else, it needs tidying. As Mr Aspinall taught me in primary school: “A tidy desk means a...
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