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

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Marianne Williamson: Playing It Big

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Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Saaxiib Qurux Badan

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Saaxiib Qurux Badan – February 7, 2024 • Saaxiib Qurux Badan – December 3, 2023 • October Aft...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Finally . . . a “Significant Snowfall” Across Southern Minnesota

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Last night and this morning saw the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota transformed into a veritable winter wonderland. Following ...

What Marianne Williamson Learned from Running for President

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The following was first published February 9, 2024 on Marianne Williamson’s substack, Transform . Titled, “It’s More Simple Than It Appear...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

“This Beloved Quickened Dust”

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Blessing the Dust • Ash Wednesday Reflections • Lent: A Season Set Apart • A Lenten Resolutio...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Photo of the Day

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Related Off-site Links: The Lost Winter of 2023-24 – Minnesota DNR (February 9, 2024). Above-normal Temps Will Linger – Ron Trenda (MPR...
Friday, February 09, 2024

Eckhart Tolle on Silence and Stillness

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My “ season of listening ” continues. One writer whose words I’m using as a guide throughout this season is Eckhart Tolle who in his boo...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Forever Grateful

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I will be forever grateful for Marianne Williamson ’s genuinely progressive voice and political platform in the 2024 Democratic Party pres...
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Saaxiib Qurux Badan

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Saaxiib Qurux Badan – December 3, 2023 • October Afternoon • Saaxiib Qurux Badan – October 1,...
Monday, February 05, 2024

Quote of the Day

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[ I t’s] not lost on me that a black queer artist and a white country singer came together to sing a song about belonging . America is ...
Sunday, February 04, 2024

Marianne Williamson in Nevada – 2/4/24

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NEXT: Forever Grateful Related Off-site Links and Updates: Marianne Williamson on Running for President, Challenging Biden and Calli...
Thursday, February 01, 2024

The Call of Imbolc

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– Art: Tijana Lukovic Today is Imbolc , the ancient Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the return to spring. To this day, people ...
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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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