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

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

God Rest Us . . .

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. . . Rest that part of us which is tired. Awaken that part of us which is asleep. God awaken us and awake within us. Amen. – Michael ...
Saturday, September 07, 2019

Historian Martin Duberman on the Rightward Shift of the Gay Movement

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I realized today that with my sudden need to return to Australia last month I did not finish this year's Queer Appreciation series , on...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Quote of the Day

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T here is human knowledge and then there is the truth. The gap between the two is overwhelming and so we fill it – with faith, with fear, wi...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Photo of the Day

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NEXT: Out and About – Autumn 2019 See also the related Wild Reed posts: • Dad • Remembering and Celebrating Dad • Family Time in Gu...
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Monday, September 02, 2019

Family Time in Guruk . . . and Glimpses of Somaliland

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With the exception of my nephew Liam, who lives with his fiancee Kylie in Coral Bay, Western Australia, all my family live in the south-ea...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson on The Breakfast Club, 8/29/19

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. Related Off-site Links: An Open Letter from Transformational Leaders about Why We Support Marianne Williamson for President – Deepak...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Something to Think About . . .

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. See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Something We Dare Call Hope • Of Mustard Seeds and Walled Gardens • See the World! • Our ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

An Unexpected Visitor

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On one of our mornings during our recent time in Gunnedah , my nephew Brendan and I encountered an unexpected visitor in the front yard of ...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Five Powerful Responses to the Amazon Fires

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– Artwork: Giovana Medeiros As I mentioned in my previous post , a wildfire has been burning west of Guruk (aka Port Macquarie) for over...
Friday, August 23, 2019

“This Woman Is Going to Win the Nomination”

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. Matt Taibbi on Marianne Williamson in Iowa Following, with added images and links, is an excerpt from Matt Taibbi's July 29, 2019 ...
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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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