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, December 31, 2012

The Wild Reed's Year in Review

. Part 4: October – December 2012 Following is a fourth and final selection of 2012 Wild Reed posts, the putting together of which I fo...

Something to Think About . . .

. UPDATE: Cardinal George, Same-Sex Marriage and the Law of Nature – Geoffrey R. Stone ( The Huffington Post , January 1, 2013). For...

Out and About – December 2012

After all the energy and work expended this past year-and-a-half on defeating the Minnesota ' marriage amendment ,' I have to a...

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Quote of the Day

It's impossible not to make a difference. Every choice we make leads either toward health or toward disease; there's no other direc...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Acknowledging, Celebrating, and Learning from Marriage Equality's 'Triumphs of Faith'

I mentioned in a previous post that pro-marriage equality Christian and Jewish faith leaders from Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, Minnesot...

Something to Think About . . .

Related Off-site Links: Idle No More Official Website Why We Are Idle No More – Pamela Palmater ( Ottawa Citizen , December 28, 2012). ...

Friday, December 28, 2012

Steve Clemens: "If We Wish to Stand with the Holy Innocents, We Must Stand in Opposition to Empire"

. . . T his year . . . the thoughts of many Americans will be focused on the twenty innocent children gunned down at the Sandy Hook Elemen...

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Same Love"

This evening for 'music night' at The Wild Reed I share the music video for the song "Same Love," as featured on The Heis...

Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Wild Reed's Year in Review

. Part 3: July – September 2012 Following is a third selection of 2012 Wild Reed posts, the putting together of which I found particula...

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About Me

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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