The Wild Reed

. . . to St. Clair and Snelling in St. Paul to be exact! As I think most readers of The Wild Reed would know, I'm part of the Twin Citi...

[T]he Vatican bureaucracy is the first and last line of defense for the hierarchical model of the church. It always made people stand in lin...

I returned last night from a wonderful five-day "Wisconsin Adventure" with my good friends Kathleen and Joey. It was actually the ...

It seems to me what religion has often become is a belonging system or a mere belief system, both of which ask very little of us. If belong...

Your heart is the browser. The pathways are the search engine. The universe is the real Internet. And there are many addresses to the Belove...

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Coming out, and by extension coming out stories, are important because people evolve when they tell the truth. Some people evolve when they ...

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In the June 7 issue of Time magazine, Eric Banks reviews Wendy Moffat’s recently released biography of novelist E.M. Forster (pictured at...

This week’s prayer is from Just One Year: A Global Treasury of Prayer and Worship (edited by Timothy Radcliffe). It is written by Judy Bai...

If I were a member or supporter of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement, I would be opening a bottle of champagne right now. The Vatic...

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It’s World Cup Final weekend, meaning that soccer will be on almost everyone’s mind — and then promptly disappear from everyone’s mind for a...

I danced myself out of the womb. Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself into the tomb, And then again, once more . . . “ Cosm...

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I found this recent Associated Press story quite interesting. Perhaps you will too. _________________________________________ Venezuela Hono...