The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The Return of Maxwell

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Last night my friend LeMonté and I attended a concert by soul singer Maxwell at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. It was a great even...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Explaining Michelle Bachmann to the Brits

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Michael Tomasky is an American correspondent for the British newspaper, The Guardian . Recently he wrote a commentary to his British reader...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Same-Sex Marriage: Still Very Much on the Archbishop’s Mind

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The October issue of The Progressive Catholic Voice was published last week and contains a number of interesting features, including: • ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Progressives and Obama (Part 5)

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In the October issue of Mother Jones , a number of writers, thinkers, and historians are asked to weigh in on the question: “Is Barack Oba...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Conversing and Arguing with the Theology of Philip Pullman

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Going through some old magazines this afternoon, I came across a number of fascinating articles about controversial British writer Philip P...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Conflicting Understandings of Church and Revelation Underlie Situation in Madison and Beyond

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A well-balanced article by Doug Erickson in the October 11 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal highlights the escalating tensions in the D...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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