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, August 16, 2015

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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Kittredge Cherry on the Queer Goddess Origins of the Feast of the Assumption

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Over at the always informative Jesus in Love Blog , Kittredge Cherry has an insightful article on how the ancient mid-August festival of th...

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Friday, August 14, 2015

Quote of the Day

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I f gender is a universal, biological, and God-ordained constant, then why do children need cultural reinforcement from a retail chain to fi...

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Lost Hope

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By Elizabeth Gray-King I cried for lost hope. It wasn't that it was wonderful hearts and flowers romance. It wasn't rememb...

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Quote of the Day

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T he heart of the church is the people of God, living out their everyday lives. They act in faith, following God’s call to love their neighb...

Monday, August 10, 2015

For Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Well-Deserved Honor

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AcousticGuitar.com reports that the Americana Music Association has announced the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. They inc...

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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Friday, August 07, 2015

Return to Mill City

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Last Thursday I began condo- and cat-sitting again for my friends Mark and Carmen in the Mill City district of Minneapolis. You may recall ...

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Remembering Dorothy Day's Response to the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima

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M r. Truman was jubilant. President Truman . True man; what a strange name, come to think of it. We refer to Jesus Christ as true God and tr...

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

"Say Her Name" Solidarity Action

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Last Friday night, my friend Joan and I participated in a solidarity action in downtown Minneapolis hosted by the Black Liberation Project...

Monday, August 03, 2015

Prayer of the Week

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C ompassionate Creator, Awaken me to your Holy Presence, to the divinity of all creation, that I might honor the sacredness of all life....

Friday, July 31, 2015

The (Same-Love) Dance Goes On

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The Wild Reed 's 2015 Queer Appreciation series concludes with dance troupe Full Frontal Freedom's powerful sequence of "emot...

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Celebrating the Unique and Influential Kate Bush

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One of my all-time favorite recording artists, British singer-songwriter Kate Bush , celebrates her 57th birthday today. Happy Birthday, K...

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Quote of the Day

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I t is time for us to encourage school leaders, both religious and lay, to refuse to comply with demands [by bishops] that they fire LGBT em...

I Caught a Glimpse of a God . . .

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. . . all shining and bright. This haunting line, almost imperceptibly whispered by Kate Bush in her song " Suspended in Gaffa ,...

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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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