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December 2015

December 12, 2015

Tetelestai for Good

David Russell Mosley Advent 12 December 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 03, 2015

What Does It Mean To Be a Theologian

David Russell Mosley Advent 3 December 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Writing Begets Writing: On Habit and Vocation

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 27 November 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Stephen Colbert, Joe Biden, and Responding to Suffering

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Feast of the Holy Cross The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

September 09, 2015

The Plight of the Adjunct and the Goal of Education

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 9 September 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Tetelestai, Again: The Viva

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Margaret of Antioch 20 July 2015 The Edge of Elfland...

July 20, 2015

Here at the End of all Things

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Margaret of Antioch 20 July 2015 The Edge of Elfland...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Before the Release of Laudato Si: Some Reflections

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 17 June 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

Links I Normally Would Have Posted on Facebook

David Russell Mosley Lent 20 February 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and...

December 2014

December 14, 2014

A Year in Review

David Russell Mosley Advent Third Sunday of Advent 14 December 2014 The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Dragons, Theses, and Life in the States

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St Edward’s Day 13 October 2014 On the Edge of...

August 2014

August 22, 2014

Moving Countries, Cancer, Thesis Updates, and New Letters

David Russell Mosley22 August 2014 On the Edge of ElflandMapperley Park, NottinghamshireDear Friends and Family,First,...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Rest in Peace, Strat

A man who's thought has so influenced my own, though he never knew it, is...

July 07, 2014

An Update on My Son, Edwyn

David Russell Mosley   7 July 2014 On the Edge of Elfland QMC, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Fairy Tale Pedagogy, Part 2

Another excellent post on Christ and University. Here Bethany reminds us that our students (current...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

My Writing Processes: A Blog Hop

David Russell Mosley Ascension Day 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

May 24, 2014

The Importance of Names: What We Named Our Sons

David Russell Mosley   24 May 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

It Is Finished: A Thesis Draft Done on Good Friday

David Russell Mosley   Good Friday 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

April 14, 2014

A New Place to Find Me: Writing for Theology Think

David Russell Mosley Holy Week 15 April 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Letters from the Edge of Elfland Has a New Web Address

David Russell Mosley Dear Friends and Family, 25 February 2014 On the Edge of Elfland...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Life Update 2: Twins and the USA

David Russell Mosley Festival of King Edmund 20 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland...

November 04, 2013

Faerie and Logres: Interviews and Sermons

David Russell Mosley 4 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

A Life Update: Ordination News, Thesis Update, and Babies

David Russell Mosley   22 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

A Life Update: Ordination in the Church of England

David Russell Mosley   30 September 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

September 26, 2013

My Time with the Monks

David Russell Mosley 26 September 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

September 10, 2013

What's in a Name? Or, Why I Changed the Name of My Blog

David Russell Mosley   10 September 2013 The Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

A Year of Blogging in Review

David Russell Mosley 16 July 2013 Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 Beeston,...

April 2013

April 13, 2013

Vacation Reading: What does a Student in Theology Read on Vacation?

Dear Friends and Family, As you've either seen from my wife's blog or my reposting here...

April 13, 2013

Relaxing in the Lake District

Check out the second installment of my wife's posts about our vacation (and more pretty...

April 11, 2013

A Little Seven Mile Walk

Check out my wife's post about day 1 of our vacation to the Lake District....

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