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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...

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 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...

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 24, 2017

The Sound of Silence: Reflections on My Struggles with Silence, and its Lack, both in Church and out

David Russell Mosley   Eastertide 24 April 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 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...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

Keeping Christianity Strange: Celebrating Rev. Hedges in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Feast of St. Luke The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

September 2016

September 01, 2016

Pope Francis in Elfland: Reflections on Laudato Si’ Part II

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 1 September 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

The Dangers of Forgetting John the Baptist and Remembering Yourself

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time The Beheading of St. John the Baptist The Edge of...

August 24, 2016

Folk Liturgy: St. Bartholomew’s Bun Run

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Bartholomew's Day The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

August 01, 2016

The Christian Festival of Lammas: Alison Milbank, Bread, and the Church Year

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

July 2016

July 30, 2016

My First Book is Available for Pre-Order: Being Deified: Poetry and Fantasy on the Path to God

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 30 July 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

July 26, 2016

The Blood of Martyrs, the Blood of the Eucharist: Saint Stephen and Fr. Jacques Hamel

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Sts. Anne and Joachim The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Hillbilly Liturgy: Reflections on the Country Bumpkin, the Eucharist, and Thomas Aquinas

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Feast of St. Ethelreda The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

June 17, 2016

Praying for an Extraordinary Ordinary Time

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 17 June 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

May 2016

May 07, 2016

An Answer to the Call for the Radical Catholic Reimagination of Everything

David Russell Mosley Eastertide Octave of the Ascension The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

I Need Advent: From Ordinary to Extraordinary

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 28 November 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

The Eucharist Option: A Response to Problems with the Benedict Option for Living in Modernity

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 10 October 2014 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

April 2014

April 20, 2014

The Poetry of Easter: Creation's Hope

David Russell Mosley Easter 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Fiat and Doom, Mary and Frodo: Feast of the Annunciation and Destruction of the Ring

David Russell Mosley Feast of the Annunciation On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Being a (Non-Roman) Catholic Evangelical: Liturgy as a Way of Living Differently

David Russell Mosley 29 January 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

January 18, 2014

Being a (Non-Roman) Catholic Evangelical: Getting High (Church, that is)

David Russell Mosley   18 January 2014 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

The Importance of the 12 Days of Christmas

David Russell Mosley 23 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends...

December 08, 2013

Essay Extract: 'The Liturgy of the Week'

David Russell Mosley Second Sunday of Advent 8 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland...

December 03, 2013

Essay Extract: The Liturgy of the Year

David Russell Mosley First Week of Advent 3 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland...

December 02, 2013

Being a (Non-Roman) Catholic Evangelical: The Church Calendar

David Russell Mosley   First Week of Advent 2 December 2013 On the Edge of...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Fasting while Waiting: Advent

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

November 24, 2013

Celebrating Christ the King

David Russell Mosley Christ the King 24 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston,...

October 2013

October 05, 2013

A Life of Rhythm: The Church Calendar and the Divine Hours

David Russell Mosley 5 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Students,...

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