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September 2019

September 20, 2019

Day 1 of the Catholic Imagination Conference: Exhaustion and Hope

Ordinary Time 20 September 2019 The Edge of Elfland Chicago, IL Dearest Readers, First and...

September 04, 2019

Harry Potter, Demons, and Exorcists: A Follow Up on the Catholic School Ban of Harry Potter

When I wrote about St. Edward’s School banning the Harry Potter series, I hoped this...

September 02, 2019

Catholic School Removes Harry Potter from New Library

Ordinary Time 2 September 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, By...

August 2019

August 04, 2019

Get Him to the Catholic Imagination Conference

Ordinary Time 4 September 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, First,...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Can You Imagine? Beginning a Definition of the Imagination with Lewis and Coleridge

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers,...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Malcolm Guite and Marty O’Donnell’s Music of the Spheres

Ordinary Time 26 February 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, For...

January 2019

January 19, 2019

On Teaching Francis’ “Canticle of Brother Sun”

Ordinary Time 19 January 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, Every year...

January 03, 2019

Augustine against the Astrologers: Stars, Meaning, and Enchantment

Christmastide 3 January 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, There have been...

December 2018

December 08, 2018

Finding Meaning in the Night Sky: The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord

Advent 8 December 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, One of my...

December 02, 2018

On the First Day of Advent: Taking Twin Four-Year-Olds to Mass

Advent 2 December 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, Last night my...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Time and Eternity: Reflections before the Mass of Christ the King of the Universe

  Ordinary Time 26 November 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, I...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Is Ancient Literature Unconcerned with the Interior Life?

Ordinary Time St. John Paul II 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers,...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

Above Us Only Sky? Malcolm Guite and Michael Ward Discuss the Cosmos with Dante and Lewis

Ordinary Time Michaelmas 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Those of...

September 18, 2018

The Catholic Vision of Director Tomm Moore: Kells, the Bible, Mary, and Fairies

Ordinary Time St. Theodore of Tarsus The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, It...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

Hiking with My Children: Seeing the World Differently

Ordinary Time 10 August 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, As I...

July 2018

July 15, 2018

Why I Haven’t Been Writing Letters for the Last Month: Books, Podcasts, and Patreon

Ordinary Time 15 July 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, First,...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands: Trolls, Ents, and Green Men

Ordinary Time 6 June 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, As...

June 05, 2018

Don’t Take His Name in Vain: The Green Man, Hellboy, and the Consciousness of Plants

Ordinary Time 5 June 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Recently,...

June 04, 2018

Stags, Green Men, Creation, and Mystagogy in the Church

Ordinary Time 4 June 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, A...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Camping on the Edge of Elfland: Pat Noone and Green Hills Farm

Ordinary Time 30 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Not...

May 29, 2018

Chesterton, Dragons, and Cancer: A Reflection on this Chesterton’s 144th Birthday

Ordinary Time 29 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Four...

May 21, 2018

Why Do We Tell Stories? What Happens When We Stop Listening?

Pentecost 21 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Stories, myths,...

May 20, 2018

A Pentecost Poem: The Feast of Mercury

Pentecost Pentecost 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Here is a...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Beauty, Death, Life, and Deification: Reviewing Tell Them Something Beautiful by Sam Rocha

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 24 April 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest...

January 2018

January 02, 2018

Speaking on the Catholic Imagination for Spirited Theology

David Russell Mosley Christmastide 2 January 2018 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dearest...

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