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

Friday, December 22, 2017

Buffy Sainte-Marie's Medicine Songs

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. Legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie and her new album Medicine Songs have been getting a lot of good press since the album...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Vessels of the Holy

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Earlier today a friend shared with me Daniel Wolpert’s insightful book Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices . F...

Our Quiet Time

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I t is our quiet time. We do not speak, because the voices are within us. It is our quiet time. We do not walk, because the earth is al...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Quote of the Day

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O ver the course of 2017, both in Congress and in the executive branch, we have watched the task of government devolve into the full-scale l...
Monday, December 18, 2017

One Divine Hammer

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This evening at The Wild Reed I share The Breeders ' song "Divine Hammer," from the band's 1993 album Last Splash . I f...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Yes! . . .

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Related Off-site Links: Trump Administration Bans Selected Words at Health Agencies – Reuters (December 16, 2017). "Making America ...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Quote of the Day

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O nce again the Trump administration has sided with big money and against the interests of the American people. The vote by the Federal Comm...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Getting Into the Holiday Spirit

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Recently I and other members of the Spiritual Care Department at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis decorated a window for the ho...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Quote of the Day

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I t's so refreshing seeing Doug Jones on stage with his supporters tonight, looking like America – brown and white, young and old, mal...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Advent: A "ChristoPagan" Perspective

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Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent in the Christian tradition and as writer Katie Jenkins reminds us in the piece I share below, i...
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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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