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

Sunday, April 25, 2010

In Minnesota, an Early Spring

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Spring has come as much as three weeks early to parts of Minnesota - including the Twin Cities of St. Paul/Minneapolis. I captured the follo...

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Quote of the Day

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The law signed today by Arizona Gov. Brewer is a social and racial sin, and should be denounced as such by people of faith and conscience a...

Istanbul (Part 3)

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Continuing with The Wild Reed ’s series on Istanbul, I share this evening some wonderfully descriptive excerpts from Mary Lee Settle’s 1991 ...

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Message of Hope (and a Call to Action) from the Land Down-Under

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In response to the recent coming out of former Olympic swimmer Daniel Kowalski , a young Australian gay university student named Max Dento...

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Minnesotans Rally for Equality and Love at the State Capitol

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This afternoon I attended, along with a number of other members of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM), OutFront ...

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Happy Birthday, Dad

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In Australia today, my Dad celebrates his 73rd birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad! One of the hardest things about living so far from Australia i...

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Monday, April 19, 2010

At UST, a Rousing and Very Catholic Show of Support for Marriage Equality

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This past Saturday, April 17, saw close to 300 people gather at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, for a CPCSM co-sponsored ev...

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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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