Sean Roberds
@seanroberds.bsky.social
Coordinator of Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Seeking to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly but y’all make it hard sometimes! Sports fan, NC State, Nationals, Commanders and others.
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Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
timesofsandiego.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”
timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
What Oscar Romero has to say about this moment of national unrest baptistnews.com/article/what...
What Romero has to say about this moment of national unrest
Romero lived in a military dictatorship not too far different from what is happening in El Salvador today or what the U.S. is heading toward.
baptistnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What Oscar Romero has to say about this moment of national unrest baptistnews.com/article/what...
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Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He died this week at the age of 76.
Opinion: Cheers to a life well lived
Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sitcom Cheers. He died this week at the age of 76.
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May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He died this week at the age of 76.
What I learned at CBF’s Advocacy in Action baptistnews.com/article/what...
What I learned at CBF’s Advocacy in Action – Baptist News Global
I got to tag along with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship on its Advocacy in Action trip to Washington, D.C., last week. Having participated in several similar advocacy trainings and trips with various g...
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March 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What I learned at CBF’s Advocacy in Action baptistnews.com/article/what...
A ball cap and tee shirt. Isn’t this disrespectful? Does he even own a suit?
February 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A ball cap and tee shirt. Isn’t this disrespectful? Does he even own a suit?
There are a couple of ways to react to someone whose face has been eaten by a leopard.
February 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There are a couple of ways to react to someone whose face has been eaten by a leopard.
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If your pastor is trying to preach bravely right now, support her or him.
Up your pledge (to make up anyone threatening to withdraw support) if you have the means.
Tell them that you have their back.
Speak up in defense of bravery and truth.
Pray for the pastor-and your fellow parishioners.
Up your pledge (to make up anyone threatening to withdraw support) if you have the means.
Tell them that you have their back.
Speak up in defense of bravery and truth.
Pray for the pastor-and your fellow parishioners.
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If your pastor is trying to preach bravely right now, support her or him.
Up your pledge (to make up anyone threatening to withdraw support) if you have the means.
Tell them that you have their back.
Speak up in defense of bravery and truth.
Pray for the pastor-and your fellow parishioners.
Up your pledge (to make up anyone threatening to withdraw support) if you have the means.
Tell them that you have their back.
Speak up in defense of bravery and truth.
Pray for the pastor-and your fellow parishioners.
I mean Duke is Puke! So…
I hope he’s okay!
I hope he’s okay!
January 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I mean Duke is Puke! So…
I hope he’s okay!
I hope he’s okay!
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The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown
Air Force drop videos with Tuskegee Airmen after Trump’s DEI crackdown
The Tuskegee Airmen were the country’s first all-Black military airmen who fought during World War II.
www.whatimreading.net
January 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown
Advocates reeling as Trump shuts down legal refugee entry baptistnews.com/article/refu...
Advocates reeling as Trump shuts down legal refugee entry
On “day one,” President Donald Trump shut the door on legal immigration of well-vetted refugees into the United States. While much of Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign rhetoric focused on what he called...
baptistnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Advocates reeling as Trump shuts down legal refugee entry baptistnews.com/article/refu...
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Statement via Global Reuge, the Lutheran refugee resettlement org
It partly reads: “Persecuted people who have patiently waited for their chance at protection are poised to languish in legal limbo. Family reunifications are likely to be delayed for the foreseeable future, if not derailed entirely.”
It partly reads: “Persecuted people who have patiently waited for their chance at protection are poised to languish in legal limbo. Family reunifications are likely to be delayed for the foreseeable future, if not derailed entirely.”
1. About this EO: Once refugees are admitted to the U.S., the refugee resettlement program is run by 9 groups that partner with the federal govt.
Six of those orgs are faith-based.
Those groups were gutted under Trump’s first term, and this might shut them down. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Six of those orgs are faith-based.
Those groups were gutted under Trump’s first term, and this might shut them down. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program – The White House
REALIGNING THE United States REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Statement via Global Reuge, the Lutheran refugee resettlement org
It partly reads: “Persecuted people who have patiently waited for their chance at protection are poised to languish in legal limbo. Family reunifications are likely to be delayed for the foreseeable future, if not derailed entirely.”
It partly reads: “Persecuted people who have patiently waited for their chance at protection are poised to languish in legal limbo. Family reunifications are likely to be delayed for the foreseeable future, if not derailed entirely.”
I don’t know what the new year will bring, where it may lead or what might happen. It can scare me if I think about it too much. I do know, however, that God is still speaking, the light is still shining, and the darkness still can’t do anything about it.
January 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I don’t know what the new year will bring, where it may lead or what might happen. It can scare me if I think about it too much. I do know, however, that God is still speaking, the light is still shining, and the darkness still can’t do anything about it.
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“It is wishful thinking by people who narrowly won a battle and think they’ve won a war.”
baptistnews.com/article/jesu...
baptistnews.com/article/jesu...
Jesus is still woke
Despite the stampede of corporations running away from any identification with diversity, equity and inclusion work, the gospel has not changed. Jesus is still woke. In the Second Coming of Donald Tru...
baptistnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“It is wishful thinking by people who narrowly won a battle and think they’ve won a war.”
baptistnews.com/article/jesu...
baptistnews.com/article/jesu...
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On this day in 1966, KKK members shot at and set fire to the home of activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, killing Mr. Dahmer and razing his home.
Jan. 10, 1966 | Voting Rights Activist Vernon Dahmer Killed in Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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January 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1966, KKK members shot at and set fire to the home of activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, killing Mr. Dahmer and razing his home.
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"By focusing on the SBC while virtually ignoring other groups, Baptists appear in news reports as more theologically conservative, more Republican and Trumpian, more White, more Southern, more supportive of Christian Nationalism, and more male-led than Baptists actually are overall."
To write about Carter’s faith & the significant role it played in his life without actually mentioning his denominational affiliation seems like a critical omission. That Carter left the SBC to affiliate with the CBF matters because it tells us about his faith & values
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wordandway.org/2025/01/08/w...
What Kind of Baptist Was Jimmy Carter? - Word&Way
Editor-in-chief Brian Kaylor reflects on what is missing in coverage of the religious faith of the late Jimmy Carter as news reports consider the life and legacy of the former president, humanitarian,...
wordandway.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"By focusing on the SBC while virtually ignoring other groups, Baptists appear in news reports as more theologically conservative, more Republican and Trumpian, more White, more Southern, more supportive of Christian Nationalism, and more male-led than Baptists actually are overall."
Happy New Year! Let’s go do some good!
January 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Happy New Year! Let’s go do some good!
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Well, what a way to end 2024...
Watch: Lightning hit the U.S. Capitol at 5:36 pm, simultaneously to - or a few seconds after - lightning hit the Washington Monument. Happy New Year. @capitalweather.bsky.social @stormhour.bsky.social @arlnow.bsky.social
#weather #stormhour #DC
#weather #stormhour #DC
January 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Well, what a way to end 2024...
Great day for the #Commanders 🏈. They beat the Eagles 🦅and eliminate the Cowboys 🤠. #raisehail
December 22, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Great day for the #Commanders 🏈. They beat the Eagles 🦅and eliminate the Cowboys 🤠. #raisehail
We hear the words of the angel, “fear not” yet fear fuels our policies, and I don’t know how not to be afraid of that! Lord hear my pray!
December 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM
We hear the words of the angel, “fear not” yet fear fuels our policies, and I don’t know how not to be afraid of that! Lord hear my pray!
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Education disparities are opportunity gaps that must be addressed - before they lead to outcome gaps.
Access our new #LearningGap report on #Mississippi school funding, which has significantly impacted Black students and those from low-income families: splcenter.org/mississippi-... #SPLCMS
Access our new #LearningGap report on #Mississippi school funding, which has significantly impacted Black students and those from low-income families: splcenter.org/mississippi-... #SPLCMS
December 9, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Education disparities are opportunity gaps that must be addressed - before they lead to outcome gaps.
Access our new #LearningGap report on #Mississippi school funding, which has significantly impacted Black students and those from low-income families: splcenter.org/mississippi-... #SPLCMS
Access our new #LearningGap report on #Mississippi school funding, which has significantly impacted Black students and those from low-income families: splcenter.org/mississippi-... #SPLCMS
Kneeling by wildflowers baptistnews.com/article/knee...
December 2, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Kneeling by wildflowers baptistnews.com/article/knee...