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August 2019

August 06, 2019

The Earth, Our Mother, and the Amazonian Synod

Ordinary Time 6 August 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, First,...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

“Wherefore stopp’st thou me?” Coleridge’s Creative Message to the World

Ordinary Time 12 June 2019 On the Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, “It...

April 2019

April 07, 2019

Good Morning, Mr. Magpie: On Folklore and Science

Lent 7 April 2019 On the Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, Recently...

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 21, 2019

Curdled Words: A Review of The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Lent 21 March 2019 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, Recently, thanks to...

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...

February 21, 2019

To the Full English Breakfast: An Exhortation and Sonnet

Ordinary Time 21 February 2019 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Lately,...

November 2018

November 02, 2018

The Case for the Cosmic Trilogy: Renaming Lewis’ Science Fiction Trilogy

Ordinary Time All Souls Day 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, NH Dearest Readers, As...

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...

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 18, 2018

“How to Be a Poet”: Reflections on a Poem by Wendell Berry

Ordinary Time 18 July 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, The...

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 24, 2018

Caring for Creation: Reflections on an Old Address by Prince Charles

Ordinary Time 24 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Thanks...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

When the Church Taught the Earth Was Flat: Flat-Earthism, Geocentrism, and Christianity and Science

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Christ the King 2017 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

The Dawn of Creation: Reflections on Bishop James Ussher, the Date of Creation, and the God of the Cosmos

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 23 October 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

Fairies and Elves Stopping Construction: On the Care for Our Common Home

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 9 August 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dearest...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

St. Columba and the Loch Ness Monster: The Earliest Extant Story

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 25 July 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

July 06, 2017

Deep in the Forest, There Dragons Will Be: Reflections on a Boat Trip Around Lake Winnipesaukee

Creation is not just what we see with our senses as secular modernity has taught...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

Root and Twig: Convivium a New Literary Journal

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 29 June 2017 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire...

June 09, 2017

Jove Looking Over My Shoulder: Reflections on the Medieval Cosmos and a Night under the Stars

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 9 June 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

Heaven and Earth Are Full of Your Glory: Sophiological Reflections on the Immaculate Conception and Isaiah 6:3

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 24 May 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

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...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Entering the Sphere of Jove: Saturn Makes Way for Jupiter in the Works of C. S. Lewis

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 6 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

My Rolling English Road to Rome: How J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and Stratford Caldecott Helped Make Me Catholic

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 14 February 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

January 2017

January 09, 2017

St. Colman mac Duagh and George MacDonald: Reflections on a Gnat that Visits Me in the Night

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time The Baptism of the Lord 2017 The Edge of Elfland...

December 2016

December 04, 2016

A Battle Won for Standing Rock: Reflecting on the Dakota Access Pipeline and Laudato Si’

David Russell Mosley Advent 4 December 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

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