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, February 14, 2025

My Daily Mantra of Late

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For more on A Course in Miracles at The Wild Reed , see: • Be in My Mind, Beloved One • Your Peace Is With Me, Beloved One • You Are My...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

“It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”

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Briahna Joy Gray ’s words that comprise the title of this post remind me of how I’ve long been conflicted between supporting progressive De...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Time to Grow Up . . .

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I t seems to me that it is a minority that ever gets the true and full Gospel – in any denomination. Most of us just keep worshiping Jesus a...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

“The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly

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“We are going to galvanize all of those forces that are disaffected with this corrupt corporate duopoly that comes in blue or red flavor...
Sunday, February 09, 2025

The Wild Reeds of Diamond Lake

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See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • The Wild Reeds of Wood Lake • Saaxiib Qurux Badan – October 13, 2024 • October Vignettes (2024...
Thursday, February 06, 2025

“To Be a Rib in This Body of Our Country”

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NEXT: Quote of the Day – February 21, 2025 Related Off-site Links: Meditations in an Emergency – Rebecca Solnit (February 2, 2025). ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

“An Extremely Clever Ruse” by and for the Rich: Owen Jones on Elon Musk’s Coup

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British journalist and activist Owen Jones posted a video commentary today that provides a timely and informed appraisal of the coup that’s...
Monday, February 03, 2025

“This Is Essentially Viktor Orbán’s Playbook”

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Waleed Shahid is a political strategist who has worked as spokesperson for Justice Democrats and adviser for the campaigns of Alexandria ...
Sunday, February 02, 2025

Timothy Snyder on Resisting the Oligarchs’ “Logic of Destruction”

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T he federal government has immense capacity and control over trillions of dollars. That power was a co-creation of the American people. It ...

Protesting Trump’s “Dystopian” Immigration Policies

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Yesterday I joined with hundreds of others in taking to the streets of south Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration’s racist and ...
Saturday, February 01, 2025

Marisa Kabas: “We’re Witnessing a Coup By an Unelected Billionaire Propped Up By a Felonious President”

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Marisa Kabas is a Brooklyn-based independent writer and reporter. In June of 2022 she launched her blog The Handbasket “after watching the...
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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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