David Russell Mosley Eastertide 24 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, The first time I was properly confronted with silence was when I was in college. At the time I was double-majoring in Biblical Exposition and Preaching (I later dropped the Preaching major), and I was taking homiletics. One of the professor’s for that course organized a retreat for the class. He had written a short book few years prior , What the Monks... Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide 23 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Well over a month ago I received the book Busy Lives and Restless Souls from Patheos to review for you here. While I did read the book as soon as I received it, I let the review languish. So here is something of an ironic unreview or non-review of the book. Reading the book was an interesting experience since, when I read it, I was... Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide Easter Monday 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, One of the many advantages to working for a Catholic high school is that I get Easter Monday off and can take a quick moment to write to all of you. As you know, on Saturday Evening at the Easter Vigil I was received into the Catholic Church. My wife and Holly Taylor Coolman (a professor in theology at Providence College) were physically in... Read more
David Russell Mosley Holy Week Holy Saturday 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, As most of you know, tonight I will be received into the Catholic Church. So, last night I headed off to my parish’s Good Friday service. I’ve just begun a new job at a Catholic High School (hence the lack of letters from me), but I had yesterday off, so when the evening came around I decided that I really ought to go... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 5 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Yesterday I wrote to you some brief thoughts on the general thesis of Dreher’s book and some of my chief complaints with it. Now, I want to shift from talking about the book as a book and talk more about the idea of the Benedict Option. Specifically, I want, today, to compare it another “option” that has arisen in part as a response to... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 4 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, There’s a decent chance that those familiar with this blog will have heard of Rod Dreher and his Benedict Option––if for no other reason that I’ve written about it on multiple occasions, even offering my own “option” at one point. Well, after nearly a decade of writing about the Benedict Option, Dreher has put out a book on the subject, entitled The Benedict Option:... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 4 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Fortress Press, the publisher who put out my PhD thesis, Being Deified, is having an ebook sale running from today (April 4th) until April 30th. Over 1500 ebooks will be on sale, starting as low as $2.99. My book, will be available for $9.99. This is significantly cheaper than the $62+ it costs on Amazon Kindle and the $45+ it costs on Barnes and... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 3 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, I went to my first confession today. Up to this point in my journey toward Catholicism, I believed I couldn’t receive this particular sacrament, not until I was officially received into the Catholic Church. However, at my last confirmation class, I learned that not only could I go, it would be good for me to go, especially if I had any mortal sins to... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 1 April 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, My letter the other day about writing for Patheos Catholic has opened up some interesting lines of dialogue. I’m certainly glad to have dispelled some rumors and gotten people paying attention, at least a little bit, to what’s going on here at Patheos Catholic. Sadly, it seems that there are still more problems to air out. Chief among them is whether or not Patheos... Read more
David Russell Mosley Lent 29 March 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Whenever I go to Patheos Catholic’s Facebook page, or whenever I make the mistake of reading comments on most Patheos Catholic blogs, I often see the same thing. Some well-meaning (giving them the benefit of the doubt) Catholic bemoans the kind of content or style allowed on Patheos Catholic. They seem to believe that Patheos Catholic is run like various online magazines (I’m thinking... Read more
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