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

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Two Responses to Today’s Mass Shooting in Minneapolis

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W ith hearts full of grief, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet stand with the families of Annunciation School and Parish, and with all...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Welcome to the Rebellion

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I can think of no TV series that so captures the political zeitgeist we’re living through, one d...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Garrett Graff: “America Tips Into Fascism”

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Following are excerpts from a piece that Garrett Graff published earlier today on Doomsday Scenario , his “regular column on national secu...

Quote of the Day

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T here are some crimes so heinous that they leave you numb, questioning the very value of existence. Today Israel killed 20, including 5 j...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Kshama Sawant: Independent Working-class Campaigns Can Succeed

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I t’s absolutely stunning, though not surprising, that Jacobin magazine is regurgitating its op-ed, “ Like It or Not, If We Run Third Party...
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Saturday, August 23, 2025

The Longstanding Fault Lines Within the Democratic Party Have Surfaced Again in Minnesota

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This past week the Democratic Party in Minnesota took the unprecedented step of revoking the Minneapolis chapter’s endorsement for mayor, w...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

“We’re Moving Into Totalitarianism”

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Marianne Williamson on The Keith Edwards Show – 8/17/25 Author and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has been positively ...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Jay Jay Douglas on the Consequences of Having a Good Heart

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E ver noticed how the world drains the people who feel the deepest? The ones with soft hearts that carry the heaviest loads? Not because the...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Going Deeper to Change Everything

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Author and former progressive Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has a new video series called “Metaphysical Minute.” ...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Strongest Force in the Universe

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The following is attributed to Joy Harjo . L ove is the strongest force in the universe. We must keep walking in the direction of love, n...
Friday, August 15, 2025

“It’s Here, and We Are Sleepwalking Through It”

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W e are no longer teetering on the edge of authoritarianism. We are here. And the most horrifying part is we’re still going to work, booki...
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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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