Mara Richards Bim
@marabim.bsky.social
The good kind of #Baptist. #Pastor and #Justice & #Advocacy Fellow at Royal Lane Baptist Church in #Dallas. Religion reporter at @baptistnews.com #Texas #Democrat 💙 mararichardsbim.com I notesfromthebrink.substack.com
#sblaar25 is halfway over and I’m just getting around to posting. There’s so much to see and do! Friday night kicked off with a great workshop on producing public scholarship with @drleahpayne.bsky.social @swajdan.bsky.social and @bradleyonishi.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#sblaar25 is halfway over and I’m just getting around to posting. There’s so much to see and do! Friday night kicked off with a great workshop on producing public scholarship with @drleahpayne.bsky.social @swajdan.bsky.social and @bradleyonishi.bsky.social
I spend lots of time in the ICE field office and immigration court. People are being kidnapped every day - people who are showing up for their immigration process “doing it the right way.” This video was captured a few months ago by Vecinos Unidos - one of the groups I work with. Watch to the end.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I spend lots of time in the ICE field office and immigration court. People are being kidnapped every day - people who are showing up for their immigration process “doing it the right way.” This video was captured a few months ago by Vecinos Unidos - one of the groups I work with. Watch to the end.
Later, I received word that two court observers were being “temporarily detained” by US Marshals.
So I went back to the courthouse to stand with them until we figured out what was going on. They were released and were still unclear what the issue was. 🧵
So I went back to the courthouse to stand with them until we figured out what was going on. They were released and were still unclear what the issue was. 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Later, I received word that two court observers were being “temporarily detained” by US Marshals.
So I went back to the courthouse to stand with them until we figured out what was going on. They were released and were still unclear what the issue was. 🧵
So I went back to the courthouse to stand with them until we figured out what was going on. They were released and were still unclear what the issue was. 🧵
On Tuesday, I was at Immigration Court in my clergy collar. The plainclothes agent on the left got in my face with his phone and snapped a photo I said, “would you like to know my name?” He responded, “no we’ve got facial recognition. We’ve got your name and address.” 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
On Tuesday, I was at Immigration Court in my clergy collar. The plainclothes agent on the left got in my face with his phone and snapped a photo I said, “would you like to know my name?” He responded, “no we’ve got facial recognition. We’ve got your name and address.” 🧵
I’m in Chicago for @baptistnews.com Here are some photos from last night’s protest at the detention center.
October 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m in Chicago for @baptistnews.com Here are some photos from last night’s protest at the detention center.
Thank you @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social for letting me share my story. #baptist #endgunviolence #peace #hope #resist #guns #gardens
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thank you @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social for letting me share my story. #baptist #endgunviolence #peace #hope #resist #guns #gardens
Reading this great #book - not a #biography but rather a book about the history of the #idea of Separation of Church and State. #greatreads #reading #resistance
April 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reading this great #book - not a #biography but rather a book about the history of the #idea of Separation of Church and State. #greatreads #reading #resistance
Needed a brain break so tried out an AI art generator with the prompts “MAGA supporters” and “America Dumpster Fire.” I could play around with this all night (and just might!) 🧵
April 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Needed a brain break so tried out an AI art generator with the prompts “MAGA supporters” and “America Dumpster Fire.” I could play around with this all night (and just might!) 🧵
It’s not the drag queens we need to worry about. Someone should be looking at this creepy senator’s browsing history. 😳 His political spin on his inappropriate behavior at a public event with children is 💋 (chef’s kiss).
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s not the drag queens we need to worry about. Someone should be looking at this creepy senator’s browsing history. 😳 His political spin on his inappropriate behavior at a public event with children is 💋 (chef’s kiss).
I’m reminded of Orwell’s 1984: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered… 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m reminded of Orwell’s 1984: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered… 🧵
We’re watching the erasure of our collective history and the rewriting of a new #MAGA one right before our eyes. #authoritarianism #history #books #truth 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We’re watching the erasure of our collective history and the rewriting of a new #MAGA one right before our eyes. #authoritarianism #history #books #truth 🧵
Enjoying the annual luncheon celebrating @ncjwdallas.bsky.social and listening to the conversation between @joycewhitevance.bsky.social and @jillwine-banks.bsky.social #resist #resistance #interfaith #democracy
March 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Enjoying the annual luncheon celebrating @ncjwdallas.bsky.social and listening to the conversation between @joycewhitevance.bsky.social and @jillwine-banks.bsky.social #resist #resistance #interfaith #democracy
Another early flight to spend the week advocating with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (a lead party in the lawsuit against the EO allowing ICE agents to raid houses of worship) in #DC Wanna bet my two #texas senators will send an aide rather than meet with me 😜? #resistance #democracy #goodtrouble
March 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Another early flight to spend the week advocating with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (a lead party in the lawsuit against the EO allowing ICE agents to raid houses of worship) in #DC Wanna bet my two #texas senators will send an aide rather than meet with me 😜? #resistance #democracy #goodtrouble
Just started the new book by @katherinestewart.bsky.social and keep making notes like “WTF” in the margins. I read everything that comes out on #christiannationalism and MONEY LIES AND GOD is doing a nice job of tying some things together for me. #books
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just started the new book by @katherinestewart.bsky.social and keep making notes like “WTF” in the margins. I read everything that comes out on #christiannationalism and MONEY LIES AND GOD is doing a nice job of tying some things together for me. #books
March 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“The actual bulwark against authoritarianism is us. The people.” Robert Weissman of @publiccitizen.bsky.social @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Resistance #democracy
February 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“The actual bulwark against authoritarianism is us. The people.” Robert Weissman of @publiccitizen.bsky.social @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Resistance #democracy
“Fealty to Trump will not spare you his cruelty.” @govpritzker.illinois.gov @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Resistance #Resist #democracy
February 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Fealty to Trump will not spare you his cruelty.” @govpritzker.illinois.gov @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Resistance #Resist #democracy
“Moments of disruption are opportunities for innovation.” @heidireports.bsky.social in a panel discussion on “Organizing in a Fractured Media Landscape.” @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Disrupt #Resistance
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Moments of disruption are opportunities for innovation.” @heidireports.bsky.social in a panel discussion on “Organizing in a Fractured Media Landscape.” @democracyforward.org #TogetherforDemocracy #Disrupt #Resistance
Making #goodtrouble with @democracyforward.org @interfaithalliance.org @faithcommons.bsky.social @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social @baptistnews.com and many more in Washington D.C. #TogetherforDemocracy
February 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Making #goodtrouble with @democracyforward.org @interfaithalliance.org @faithcommons.bsky.social @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social @baptistnews.com and many more in Washington D.C. #TogetherforDemocracy
I just submitted my latest article to @baptistnews.com on the hostile takeover of #KennedyCenter by #Trump and how it follows the playbook for #fascist governments. And just ordered this #book to read at the suggestion of @cmonstah.bsky.social of @washingtonpost.com
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February 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I just submitted my latest article to @baptistnews.com on the hostile takeover of #KennedyCenter by #Trump and how it follows the playbook for #fascist governments. And just ordered this #book to read at the suggestion of @cmonstah.bsky.social of @washingtonpost.com
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“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”
I’ll be carrying these little palm stones with me in 2025 to remind myself what it is I hope to help grow in the world around me. #flourish #sowseeds #mightyoaks #peace #resist
I’ll be carrying these little palm stones with me in 2025 to remind myself what it is I hope to help grow in the world around me. #flourish #sowseeds #mightyoaks #peace #resist
December 31, 2024 at 9:32 PM
“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow”
I’ll be carrying these little palm stones with me in 2025 to remind myself what it is I hope to help grow in the world around me. #flourish #sowseeds #mightyoaks #peace #resist
I’ll be carrying these little palm stones with me in 2025 to remind myself what it is I hope to help grow in the world around me. #flourish #sowseeds #mightyoaks #peace #resist
I wrote a cheeky little opinion piece for @baptistnews.com about becoming Baptist in the historic #Anabaptist #Baptist tradition and how we should all start referring to the Southern Baptists as BINOs. 🤣 #stirringthepot #hornetsnest baptistnews.com/article/a-ne...
December 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
I wrote a cheeky little opinion piece for @baptistnews.com about becoming Baptist in the historic #Anabaptist #Baptist tradition and how we should all start referring to the Southern Baptists as BINOs. 🤣 #stirringthepot #hornetsnest baptistnews.com/article/a-ne...