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

Monday, March 19, 2012

Prayer of the Week

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. From Psalm 119 . . . . . . I offer myself into Your Hands, that I may live fully into Your Life. Open my heart's eyes, that I may see ...

Photo of the Day

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Image: Michael Bayly.
Saturday, March 17, 2012

In Rome and Detroit, Two Very Different Sets of Priorities

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I find it interesting that on the same day that Pope Benedict was addressing a group of visiting U.S. bishops and demonizing healthy gay li...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Quote of the Day

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. . . If the church genuinely supports love and commitment, why does the Catholic hierarchy oppose gay couples showing their love and commit...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Richard J. Foster on the Failure of Law and Ritual

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This Lent I'm participating in a book study group with my friends Tim and Kathleen. We're reading Richard J. Foster's Celebrati...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Photo of the Day

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. . . I'm not the sleeper who waits for a kiss. But who is the god who designed me to love you like this? And if I break in two and f...
Friday, March 02, 2012

A Catholic Rationale for Opposing the "Marriage Amendment"

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I have an op-ed published in the latest issue of Lavender , "Minnesota's GLBT magazine." Along with two other local faith l...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Michael Bayly: Changing the Church from Within

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. By Bryna Godar NOTE: Bryna Godar is a media studies student at the University of Minnesota. A class assignment last December involve...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Seeking Balance

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A Sufi tries to keep harmony in his surroundings, the harmony which demands many sacrifices. Harmony is that which makes beauty. The natu...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Ben

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It was his eyes that drew me. The day had become too severe – the glaring heat, the jostling crowds, my empty wine glass coated in dust. I ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

An Inspiring Event

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Yesterday I had the honor of speaking at a very inspiring event. It was a day-long conference entitled "Cultivating Respect: Creating S...
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Quote of the Day

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A Minneapolis priest confessed this week that for the first time since he started parish ministry over 30 years ago, people are telling him ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

St. Sebastian: "The Most Frequently Renewed Archetype of Modern Gay Identity"

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Well, modern gay male identity, perhaps. The quote in the title of this post is from Richard Kaye 's scholarly article about St. Seb...
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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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