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Letters from the Edge of Elfland

The Radical Catholic Reimagination of Everything

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April 2017

April 25, 2017

Reviewing the Benedict Option Part III: The Benedict Option Vs. the Patrick and the Dominic Options

David Russell Mosley   Eastertide 25 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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 05, 2017

Reviewing Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option Part II: The Benedict Option Vs. the Radical Catholic Reimagination of Everything AKA the Sophia Option

David Russell Mosley Lent 5 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

April 04, 2017

Reviewing Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: Part I Outlining the Book and a Few of My Criticisms

David Russell Mosley Lent 4 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 15, 2017

Michael Martin Discusses the Sophia Option

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 15 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

March 08, 2017

On Joy and Renewal: More Reflections on Michael Martin’s Sophia Option

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

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 21, 2017

Seeing the World through the Lens of Reverence: Michael Martin Presents the Sophia Option

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 21 February 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

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...

February 09, 2017

“Living” in a Necrophilic Culture: Reflections on Catherine Pickstock and C. S. Lewis

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

February 03, 2017

Worshipping the One Who Is Beauty: Overcoming Evil with Small Acts of Beauty

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Anskar 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Publishing a New Book: Slaying Dragons and Seeing Visions

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 27 January 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

January 12, 2017

Wonder-filled Children and Wise Old Men and Women: Lessons in Vision and Wisdom

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 12 January 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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 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...

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 22, 2016

How C. S. Lewis Helped Shape My Vision of Reality: Remembering Lewis on the Day of His Death

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 21 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

November 10, 2016

A Final Reflection on the Election: Celebration in the Face of Hate

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 9 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

November 09, 2016

President … Trump: My Fears, My Hopes, and a Call to Live the Gospel

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 9 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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...

November 01, 2016

Looking for Jesus: My Son’s Loving Interaction with Icons

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time All Hallows' 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 25, 2016

The “Matter” of Devotion: Further Reflections on the PMR Conference and Christianity as a Matter Affirming Religion

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 25 October 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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...

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...

October 03, 2016

Can Christians Believe Myths? Looking to Tolkien for Some Answers

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 3 October 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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 27, 2016

Returning to Rerum Novarum as the Presidential Race Continues to Sicken Many

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 27 September 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

September 26, 2016

The Society of Trees: What the Trees Can Teach Us

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

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