David Mosley

Spokane

Catholic poet and theologian. Author of The Love that moves the Sun and Other Stars, Liturgical Entanglements, and The Green Man @resourcepub.

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Articles

C.S. Lewis Reading Week: The Inner Ring and Friendship

Nov 27, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

“I believe that in all men’s lives at certain periods, and in many men’s lives at all periods between infancy and extreme old age, one of the most dominant elemnts is the desire to be inside the local Ring and the terror of being left outside.”⁠1Since this year’s C.S. Lewis Reading Day theme is friendship, I thought I would end the week with two posts on that theme.
C.S. Lewis Reading Day: Screwtape, Pride, and Democracy

Nov 26, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

Day three of what I’m now going to dub C.S. Lewis Reading Week (which could easily start on the day of his death on November 22nd and conclude on the day of his birth on the 29th). Once again, don’t forget to check out Pints with Jack, Their podcast is truly excellent. In the meantime, here is a nearly 10 year old post from my Patheos Catholic Days. What’s particularly funny about it is that I wasn’t Catholic yet (that would take 2 more years).
C.S. Lewis Reading Day: Finding Truth in Fantasy

Nov 25, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

Today’s C.S. Lewis Reading Day post is another one from U.S. Catholic. This time its about the importance of fantasy for Christians. Enjoy! Don’t forget to subscribe to the Pints with Jack Podcast. Before his conversion to Christianity, C.S. Lewis was stopped by a railway bookseller while preparing to board a train. He purchased a copy of George MacDonald’s Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women, a book that ended up changing his life.
C.S. Lewis Reading Week: Stargazing as Prayer

Nov 24, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

This coming Friday will be the 126th birthday of C.S. Lewis. Last year, the excellent C.S. Lewis podcast, Pints with Jack, started C.S. Lewis Reading Day on Lewis’s birthday to help us remember and promote the work of one of the best Christian authors of the twentieth century. To help support their efforts, I’ll be sharing an essay I’ve written on Lewis every day this week. Some will be old essays, some may be new, but they’ll all be about Lewis. Today’s post is continuing my cosmic theme.
The Jovial and Mercurial Turn in C.S. Lewis

Nov 22, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -50:21Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Friends,Apologies for the lack of Doctor’s Bookshelf today. But, since today we commemorate the death of C.S. Lewis, here’s a talk I gave several years ago on the roles that Mercury and Jupiter play in the writings of C.S. Lewis (based in the work done by Michael Ward and his excellent book Planet Narnia). Discussion about this podcastA podcast about writing, reading, and life in general.
Notebooks: What They Can and Cannot Do

Nov 18, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | Jared Henderson |David Mosley |Parker Settecase

Notebooks have been having a moment recently. They’ve been around for centuries now, yes, and I don’t see them going anywhere, but they’ve been having a moment. The number of YouTube channels and videos all about notebooks, commonplacing, fountain pens, stationery, and more is staggering. Two channels I’ve come across in the last year or so, ParkNotes and Jared Hensonboth blew up after posting videos about commonplacing.
On My Vocation as a Writer

Nov 11, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

First, let me apologize. Between work and then falling ill this past weekend, I’ve fallen behind on my writing. So, apologies for this being the first post of this week. Writing while working and having a family and friends can, sometimes, be a lot. But, as I’ve said at least to myself before, writing is one of if not the primary thing I want to do. This is one of the gifts God has given me, and I want to make use of it.
Saturn Makes Way for Jove

Nov 3, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

A while back, I shared a couple of posts about a book I’m supposed to be working on (in fact, it was due just a few days ago). Since then, and off and on throughout working on this project, I have struggled to work on it. However, I’m starting to feel the pull back towards it and I am going to honor that call. This means, there will be a little less new content here until I get a handle on what I need to do for the book.
The Curious Cases of Fr. Hamish Elwin

Oct 30, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

Here’s the final part of “A Matter for Blood and Hope”. Do let me know what you thought of the story if you followed it all the way. The next installment, “Kelpies at Christmas” will come around December, if I’m lucky. I awoke to the sound of a heart monitor beeping. “Oh good, you’re awake.” It took me a moment, but I recognized the voice. “Fred?”“Yeah, Fr. Elwin sent me to look after you. The nurses weren’t fans at first, but Father talked it over with them.
Poetry Wednesdays: Albion

Oct 29, 2024 | davidrussellmosley.substack.com | David Mosley

As October nears its end, here’s a poem about beer. I do not think there are nearly enough poems about beer anymore. This one is about my favorite beer at my favorite brewery here in Spokane: Bellwether Brewing. Their beer Albion is gruit, meaning it is not made with hops but with other fermentables. It is delicious and deserves to be remembered in rhyme. Enjoy! And if you’re in the area, go to Bellwether enjoy this one of their many other excellent beers.