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

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Photo of the Day

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Weekend at Pelican Lake (2021) • Photo of the Day – July 11, 2021 • Pelican Lake (2016) • The...
Friday, June 16, 2023

What Life Taught Tina Turner

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M ost people think of me as being in perpetual motion: dancing across a stage, strutting down a staircase; even hanging from the Eiffel Tow...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

“Smoke Plume” in Minneapolis

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C all it a smoke front. That’s what it looks like from space on weather satellites and here on the ground on air quality monitors. The lead...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Why Trump’s Case Is Unique

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T rump and some of his defenders have argued that other elected officials – from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to President Bide...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

Three Progressive Voices on the War in Ukraine

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MEDEA BENJAMIN • CORNEL WEST • MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Last month I attended one of three talks on the war in Ukraine by peace activist Me...
Friday, June 09, 2023

Quote of the Day

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D onald Trump has regularly flouted and violated the law for much of his time as a political candidate and elected official. The criminal ev...
Thursday, June 08, 2023

Marianne Williamson’s Economic Bill of Rights

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Author and Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson recently appeared on The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow where she talked about ...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Quote of the Day

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T he smoke is not normal. The air is compromised from Minneapolis to DC to Boston, [with] the worst from western New York to Ottawa. – Cap...
Sunday, June 04, 2023

Saaxiib Qurux Badan

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NEXT: In the Stillness and Silence of This Present Moment See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • The Paradise We’ll Make • Undon...
Saturday, June 03, 2023

The Latest on the Return of Dr. Algernon Edwards

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As an admirer of actor André Holland , I was heartened to read the following update from The Decider ’s Meghan O'Keefe on the progress ...
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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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