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March 2019

March 25, 2019

Sonnets for the Annunciation

Lent Feast of the Annunciation 2019 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, Today...

March 17, 2019

For the Old Man at Apotheca

Lent St. Patrick’s Day The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, Today while on...

March 05, 2019

Love, Sin, and Death: Reflecting on Ash Wednesday

Ordinary Time Shrove Tuesday The Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, As you know,...

December 2018

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 28, 2018

Autumn Rising: Reflections on Autumn and the Liturgical Year

Ordinary Time 28 October 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, Autumn has...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

The Catholic Church Has a Geography Problem: Reflections on the Parish

Ordinary Time 31 July 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, When...

May 2018

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...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Saint-Haunted: How St. Cuthbert Found Me

David Russell Mosley Holy Week Holy Monday 2018 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 2018

February 10, 2018

Death, Sin, and Fasting: Reflections before the Start of Lent

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 10 February 2018 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

October 2017

October 08, 2017

Autumn Is a Jovial Man: Reflections on the Autumnal Season

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 8 October 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

Trying to Say “God”: After the Conference Part II: ““Rendering the World Strange: Folk Piety and Imagination” with Jessica Mesman Griffith, Kevin M. Johnson, and David Russell Mosley

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 27 June 2017 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire...

April 2017

April 15, 2017

Good Friday and the Holy Grail: Thirsty Reflections from a Good Friday Service

David Russell Mosley Holy Week Holy Saturday 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

April 02, 2017

Goblins at the Feet of Mary: Reflections on What I Saw During Mass Today

David Russell Mosley Lent 3 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

March 2017

March 18, 2017

The World of Patrick’s Breastplate: Seeing through the Eyes of a Medieval Prayer

David Russell Mosley Lent 18 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

March 02, 2017

Entering the Sphere of Jove: Reflecting on Joy with Lent, C.S. Lewis, and Michael Martin

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 2 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

December 2016

December 25, 2016

Arthur Elwood and the Charmwood Banshee

David Russell Mosley Advent Christmas Day 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 20, 2016

Sexism, Celibacy, and the Male Genome: More Reflections on the Virgin Birth

David Russell Mosley Advent 20 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 17, 2016

Is the Doctrine of the Virgin Birth Sexist? A Response to Christian Chiakulas

David Russell Mosley Advent 17 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 14, 2016

Spiritually Mapping Santa Claus: Out Narrating David Grisham and Repent Amarillo’s Anti-Santa Stunt

David Russell Mosley   Advent 14 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

December 12, 2016

Adventual Reflections on Silence, Whisky, Nick Offerman, and Pipe Smoking

David Russell Mosley Advent 12 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 07, 2016

Beginning Work on a Christmas Ghost Story Including a Short Excerpt

David Russell Mosley Advent 7 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 05, 2016

Handling the “Race” of Santa Claus: Exercises in Imagination and Gratuity

David Russell Mosley Advent 5 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

“There are more things in heaven and earth […] than are dreamt of” Reflecting on Spiritual Vision in Advent

David Russell Mosley Advent 29 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

November 02, 2016

The Unveiling Light in the Time between Times: From Halloween to Advent

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time All Souls' 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Keeping the Hallows in Halloween

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time All Hallow's Eve 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

October 04, 2016

Meeting St. Francis in the Boston Common: The Challenge of the Saint’s Life

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Francis The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Angels in Creation: Reflections on Our “Older” Siblings for Michaelmas

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Michaelmas The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers,...

September 23, 2016

To Autumn: Feasts, Angels, and Joy

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 23 September 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

September 06, 2016

The Eucharist the Basis of Leisure: Some Reflections on Josef Pieper, Fr. Jacques Hamel, and C. S. Lewis

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 5 September 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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