ENNEAGRAM
Type 7 – The Enthusiast
Passionate, curious, optimistic, adventurous, thoughtful

MYERS BRIGGS
INFP
Introversion – Intuition – Feeling – Perceiving

STRENGTHSFINDER
1. Input – I crave to know more, collecting and archiving all kinds of information.
2. Strategic – I create alternative ways to proceed, quickly spotting relevant patterns and issues.
3. Ideation – I am fascinated by ideas, finding connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
4. Individualization – I am intrigued with the unique qualities of each person and have a gift for helping people thrive.
5. Connectedness – I have faith in the links between all things and believe there are few coincidences in life.

Mara Richards Bim is a writer and spiritual director. She is also an award-winning theatre artist and the founder of the nationally-acclaimed Cry Havoc Theater Company which operated in Dallas from 2014-2023.

It was Mara’s work with Cry Havoc – researching, writing and producing plays on issues of social justice – which led her to a second career in ministry. Under her leadership, Cry Havoc: was awarded the National Community Impact Award from Theater for Young Audiences (2018); was named "Best Thing to Happen to Local Theater" by D Magazine (2019); and was the subject of a five-episode podcast by KERA/NPR about the company's production of Babel (2020). In 2020 Mara received the Holloway Family Foundation’s Visionary Leadership Award and in 2021 she was named one of D Magazine’s “78 Women Changing the Face of Dallas.”

Mara is a Clemons Fellow with Baptist News Global where she writes about religion and politics. She recently graduated from Southern Methodist University the degree of Master of Divinity (MDiv) and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction.

Mara lives in North TX with her family.