David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Colman McRhoi The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, I am currently re-reading Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia each night before bed. I try to read these books every year and each time I discover something new. Currently, I am in the midst of The Dawn Treader. The other night, as I began to read the chapter in which Eustace is turned into a dragon I began to reflect on the reason Edmund,... Read more
David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 13 June 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Particularly for those of you who have begun to read these letters since they moved to Patheos, I want to let you know that I have written two essays for The Oddest Inkling on Charles Williams’ Taliession through Logres. Today my essay on “The Departure of Merlin” has gone live so make sure you head over to The Oddest Inkling to check it out.... Read more
David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 3rd Sunday after Trinity The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, Richard Beck, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University, and author of several books keeps a website he calls Experimental Theology. Richard is, like myself, from the Restoration or Stone-Campbell Movement. Therefore, when a friend shared with me one of Beck’s posts on Sacramental Ontology, I was quite excited. Another Protestant talking about Sacramental Ontology, and... Read more
David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time The Feast of St. Barnabas The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, When the weather is nice, I like to take my boys for a walk in their stroller. There’s a lovely little road nearby on which I love to walk. On the righthand side as we walk up the hill there are several lovely homes. My favorite is one which is called Full Circle Farm. You can see about dozen... Read more
David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 10 June 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Readers, This is something of an awkward letter for me to write. On the one hand, many of you are already familiar with me. Perhaps you’ve followed these letters since they were called Letters from Nottingham (or even earlier days when this blog was called Christianity and Virtue). Whatever the case, you are already familiar with me and the kind of letters I... Read more
David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 27 May 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, I’ve been on something of an Arthur kick lately. It started when I decided to buy and then read Avalon, by Stephen Lawhead (a kind of sixth book in Lawhead’s Pendragon Cycle). Once I finished it, I decided to do my annual re-read of Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy, which culminates in the intensely Arthurian That Hideous Strength. In the midst of all... Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide Octave of the Ascension The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, While I have mentioned this before, things are just different enough for me to make another announcement. A while back I wrote a post on distributism and hobbit society for Christian Democracy Magazine. It was, I am told, a fairly popular (at least in terms of views) essay. Well, some things have been shifting at Christian Democracy and they are now... Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide Octave of the Ascension The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, A few days ago a new acquaintance (really a kindred spirit and therefore friend, though we’ve not yet met) of mine, Michael Martin, wrote an essay on the Angelico Press blog entitled, “The Radical Catholic Reimagination of Everything.” For those unfamiliar with Martin, he is the Assistant Professor of English and Philosophy at Marygrove College and has written several works, the... Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide Feast of St. George The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, In this short video to you all I recite three poems I wrote about two years ago. I hope you enjoy. Sincerely, David Read more
David Russell Mosley Eastertide 22 April 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear Friends and Family, April is Poetry Month and I’ve nearly let the month slip by without commenting on it in anyway. So, I thought it would be a good idea if I recited some poetry. In truth, I was inspired by author Neil Gaiman’s recitation of Lewis Carrol’s “Jabberwocky,” and decided I’d like to have a go at some more poetry recitation. I also... Read more
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