The Wild Reed

Ten years ago on this 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, I gave the homily at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Minneapolis. (Of course, they co...

As someone who's written about homosexuality and the Roman Catholic priesthood (see, for instance, here and here ), I appreciate vetera...

Images: Michael J. Bayly.

I've discovered I've developed zero tolerance for the Academy Awards or "Oscars." For one thing, I've come to see the...

See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Winter Light • Photo of the Day – December 6, 2015 • Photo of the Day – April 4, 2015 • Phot...

E ven the Vatican has marked singer David Bowie ’s passing, praising the artist whose life and career perpetually challenged sexual and gend...

. . . It survives and develops like the universe itself only by perpetual discovery. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin See also the previo...

Above and below: Gull Lake , Minnesota – January 8-10, 2016. I traveled to Gull Lake with Brent ( right ), the man I've been dati...

It's been quite some time since I posted an installment of The Wild Reed 's "What a Man!" series. In case you've for...

At around this time yesterday afternoon I took a walk along Minnehaha Creek, close to my home in south Minneapolis. I share today some of t...

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I n his contribution to the anthology Human Survival and Consciousness Evolution , John White reminds us that Jesus “taught and demonstrat...

A rt cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed . . . because people are changed by art...

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H ow will we as a church live with our gay, lesbian and transgender brothers and sisters? We are past the time of "love the sinner...

It's Christmas Day here in Minnesota, and although I miss spending this special time of year with my family and friends in Australia , ...