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, October 19, 2021

Gone But Not Forgotten

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See also the related Wild Reed posts: • Remembering Elisabeth Sladen, Ten Years On • Nine Years On, a Poignant Farewell to Sarah Jane •...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Photo of the Day

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • “Everything Is Saturated With the Sacred” • Autumn: Season of Transformation and Surrender • O...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Marianne Williamson on the Tenth Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

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Last month (September 17 to be exact) saw the 10th anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street , a protest movement against economic inequality t...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Remembering Uta Ranke-Heinemann, 1927-2021

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In putting together the most recent installment of The Wild Reed ’s "In the Garden of Spirituality" series, I discovered that th...
Monday, October 11, 2021

“Everything Is Saturated With the Sacred”

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I spent yesterday afternoon seeking and experiencing the truth of Edward Hays ’s words, “Everything is saturated with the sacred, is a tabe...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Rallying to End U.S. Militarism

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Yesterday afternoon I joined with about 50 others in south Minneapolis to rally against the “endless wars” of the United States government,...
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Thursday, October 07, 2021

In the Garden of Spirituality – Thomas Crum

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“We are not on earth to guard a museum, but to cultivate a flowering garden of life.” – Pope John XXIII It’s been quite some time sin...
Monday, October 04, 2021

Photo of the Day

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Autumn: Season of Transformation and Surrender • O Sacred Season of Autumn • Autumn – Within a...
Sunday, October 03, 2021

Oheyawahe

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Recently my friend Karla and I visited Oheyawahe (also known as Pilot Knob), a hill in Mendota Heights, Minnesota that is considered espe...
Saturday, October 02, 2021

Colin Taylor on the “Moral Obscenity” of Obstructionist Democrats Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema

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In his recent piece for OccupyDemocrats.com , Colin Taylor offers a timely analysis of the “Democratic Party’s inherent ideological schi...
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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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