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J. R. R. Tolkien

August 2019

August 24, 2019

Friendship, Love, and the Arts: A Belated Review of Tolkien

Ordinary Time St. Bartholomew’s Day The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Last...

February 2019

February 25, 2019

Finding the Real Unicorn: On Stories, Language, and Mythology

Ordinary Time 25 February 2019 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Recently...

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...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Why Do We Tell Stories? What Happens When We Stop Listening?

Pentecost 21 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Stories, myths,...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Lucy Awakens the Trees: Barfield, Lewis, and Malcolm Guite on Language and Reality

David Russell Mosley Lent 25 February 2018 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dearest...

January 2018

January 02, 2018

Speaking on the Catholic Imagination for Spirited Theology

David Russell Mosley Christmastide 2 January 2018 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dearest...

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...

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...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

It Reminds Me of Númenor: Melancholic Reflections on a Rainy Day

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

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 19, 2017

On the Reader’s Imagination: A Reflection on Reading and Meaning

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 19 January 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

October 2016

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 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...

September 22, 2016

On Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday: A Reflection on Food and Feasting

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time Nativity of Bilbo and Frodo The Edge of Elfland Hudson,...

September 02, 2016

The Atlantis Theory: The Numenorean Connection Between the Works of Lewis and Tolkien

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 2 September 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

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

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

August 12, 2016

Working for Signum University and Tolkien and Tradition

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 13 August 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

August 11, 2016

Darkness in Elfland: Tolkien on Whether Fairies Are Demons and a (Hopefully) Fuller Account of Enchantment

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Clare's Day 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

August 02, 2016

Overcoming Evil with the Common and the Ordinary: Reflections on Harry Potter and G.K. Chesterton

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 2 August 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

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 09, 2016

Waking Up: Taking Solace in the Escape of Fairy-stories and Awaiting the Return of Christ with Joy

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

June 2016

June 16, 2016

The Salvation of Eustace: The Reason Why the Children Go to Narnia

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Colman McRhoi The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

April 2016

April 07, 2016

Levitas and Gravitas, Fairies and Mystics: A Response to Christiana N. Peterson

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 7 April 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

March 2016

March 10, 2016

An Inklings Walking Tour

David Russell Mosley Lent 10 March 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

On Food: Growing and Eating and Hobbits

David Russell Mosley Lent 25 February 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

February 24, 2016

My Lenten Journey with Dante, Augustine, and Samwise

David Russell Mosley Lent 24 February 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

December 2015

December 16, 2015

What I'm Reading: December 2015 Edition

David Russell Mosley Advent 16 December 2015 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

The Beauty of Rosie Cotton Is in Her Eyes

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 5 May 2015 On the Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Old Posts for Tolkien Reading Day and the Feast of the Annunciation

David Russell Mosley The Feast of the Annunciation The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

January 2015

January 03, 2015

The Eucharist Is the End of Marriage: J. R. R. Tolkien's Advice to His Son

David Russell Mosley Christmastide Tolkien's Birthday 3 January 2014 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

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