David Russell Mosley Second Sunday of Advent 8 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Since today is Sunday, the Lord’s Day, I thought I would post a section from my essay ‘Reclamation of Time’ here that deals with how we ought to view the whole week in light of Sunday. Please read and let me know what you think. The Liturgy of the Week From the year, then, with its seasons and major... Read more
David Russell Mosley First Week of Advent 3 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Here is an excerpt of an essay I am working on provisionally entitle ‘The Reclamation of Time’. I thought it would provide a good accompaniment to my letter from yesterday. Please, let me know what you think in the comments below. The Liturgy of the Year I want to begin, then, with the liturgy of the year. This is... Read more
David Russell Mosley First Week of Advent 2 December 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, I want to begin this post with a disclaimer about the title. When I talk about being a (non-Roman) Catholic Evangelical, I do not mean this a slight to my Roman Catholic brothers and sisters. I am not trying to suggest that Roman Catholics cannot be evangelicals or that being a (non-Roman) Catholic Evangelical is inherently better than... Read more
David Russell Mosley 26 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, For those of us in the West, the season of Advent is nearly upon us. In just a few days time our Christian year begins again. I’ve always found it interesting that our New Year begins with waiting. We begin by putting ourselves in the shoes of the Israelites after the exile, awaiting this promised branch of Jesse. We put ourselves in... Read more
David Russell Mosley Christ the King 24 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Today we celebrate something truly countercultural and transformational. Today we celebrate Christ as King. It is a fitting way to end this season of Ordinary Time before Advent begins the following Sunday. Today we remember who it is who upholds the heavens and the earth. Who it is who reigns on high. The one to whom all glory and power... Read more
David Russell Mosley Festival of King Edmund 20 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Well, it is has been an interesting week. Last Thursday, Lauren and I went in for our 12 week scan. We were still a little nervous. For us, this scan was going to make the pregnancy real for both of us. Lauren has had the usual symptoms of pregnancy, but isn’t really showing yet; since the changes aren’t happening... Read more
David Russell Mosley 4 November 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, The last two weeks have seen me give a couple of presentations that I thought I’d share with you. Last week, on Sunday, I was interviewed by fellow PhD Student on his show ‘Good Reasons to Believe’ on The Place on ustream. Alan, my interviewer, has been running this show for a while now I think, focusing primarily on apologetics, or really, any... Read more
David Russell Mosley 30 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to talk to you about something very theological; something so very theological that it often goes right over our heads. Today, I want to talk to you about baking bread. A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter about Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage Fruit-share project. In that post I focused on the necessity of having a better... Read more
David Russell Mosley 22 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, I thought it was necessary to do another life update as we’ve announced a few things recently and there are a few others I simply haven’t written about. As I wrote a few weeks ago, Lauren and I are now in the midst of the discernment process for me to be ordained in the Church of England. This past Monday we had... Read more
David Russell Mosley 19 October 2013 On the Edge of Elfland Beeston, Nottinghamshire Dear Friends and Family, One of the many things about which I am really quite passionate is food. Specifically locally grown and reared food. I have to admit upfront, that I still don’t do enough considering my feelings on the subject, but I am trying. Today we find ourselves in a culture of prepackaged, pre-cooked, reheated, food. We have no idea from whence it comes, who grew... Read more
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