Jonathan Branch
@jonathanbranch.bsky.social
husband | father | reentry program director | restorative justice practitioner
I came here hoping to find the community I lost on Twitter. It was the community that restored my faith.
I came here hoping to find the community I lost on Twitter. It was the community that restored my faith.
October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
George Floyd and Charlie Kirk shared the same birthday.
Floyd’s murder by police reminds me how much work remains in pursuit of “liberty and justice for all.”
Charlie’s life reminds me that so many stand in opposition to liberty and justice and baptize their opposition in religious language.
Floyd’s murder by police reminds me how much work remains in pursuit of “liberty and justice for all.”
Charlie’s life reminds me that so many stand in opposition to liberty and justice and baptize their opposition in religious language.
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
George Floyd and Charlie Kirk shared the same birthday.
Floyd’s murder by police reminds me how much work remains in pursuit of “liberty and justice for all.”
Charlie’s life reminds me that so many stand in opposition to liberty and justice and baptize their opposition in religious language.
Floyd’s murder by police reminds me how much work remains in pursuit of “liberty and justice for all.”
Charlie’s life reminds me that so many stand in opposition to liberty and justice and baptize their opposition in religious language.
October 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Stoked about what, now?
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Stoked about what, now?
“When Jesus talked about the lost, he was talking to bitterly divided groups of people.”
Oppressors and oppressed—the people in the crowd were and had been both victims and offenders at various times. Each of them needed to recover wholeness, first within themselves, then among one another.
Oppressors and oppressed—the people in the crowd were and had been both victims and offenders at various times. Each of them needed to recover wholeness, first within themselves, then among one another.
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“When Jesus talked about the lost, he was talking to bitterly divided groups of people.”
Oppressors and oppressed—the people in the crowd were and had been both victims and offenders at various times. Each of them needed to recover wholeness, first within themselves, then among one another.
Oppressors and oppressed—the people in the crowd were and had been both victims and offenders at various times. Each of them needed to recover wholeness, first within themselves, then among one another.
“A life of faith is a life of unlearning our certainty… Life with Jesus is learning to see as Jesus sees.
And here's the thing: On the Jesus Way, sight precedes salvation … And seeing, we enter into the kingdom, stunned to realize it is already in our midst.”
K H Murphy
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
And here's the thing: On the Jesus Way, sight precedes salvation … And seeing, we enter into the kingdom, stunned to realize it is already in our midst.”
K H Murphy
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“A life of faith is a life of unlearning our certainty… Life with Jesus is learning to see as Jesus sees.
And here's the thing: On the Jesus Way, sight precedes salvation … And seeing, we enter into the kingdom, stunned to realize it is already in our midst.”
K H Murphy
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
And here's the thing: On the Jesus Way, sight precedes salvation … And seeing, we enter into the kingdom, stunned to realize it is already in our midst.”
K H Murphy
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
To all the school students complaining “why do I have to learn this? I’m never gonna use it”
You might be president one day, and we’re gonna need you to know some stuff.
You might be president one day, and we’re gonna need you to know some stuff.
September 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
To all the school students complaining “why do I have to learn this? I’m never gonna use it”
You might be president one day, and we’re gonna need you to know some stuff.
You might be president one day, and we’re gonna need you to know some stuff.
@PayTelComm advertises itself as an ethical company that invests in “restorative initiatives,” but as soon as @FCC caved to the sheriffs and backed out of its 2024 ruling, PayTel doubled the cost of phone calls for incarcerated people.
Integrity has a price, I guess.
Integrity has a price, I guess.
August 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@PayTelComm advertises itself as an ethical company that invests in “restorative initiatives,” but as soon as @FCC caved to the sheriffs and backed out of its 2024 ruling, PayTel doubled the cost of phone calls for incarcerated people.
Integrity has a price, I guess.
Integrity has a price, I guess.
Imagine following the law for years only to be told in a moment that the “law” changed its mind and has decided to prosecute you as a “criminal” for following the law in the first place.
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baptistnews.com/article/quak...
Quakers file suit to stop ICE raids at churches like what happened Sunday
One day after federal immigration agents arrested a man at a church in Georgia, a coalition of Quaker meetings filed suit in federal court to block the Department of Homeland Security raids at houses ...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Imagine following the law for years only to be told in a moment that the “law” changed its mind and has decided to prosecute you as a “criminal” for following the law in the first place.
baptistnews.com/article/quak...
baptistnews.com/article/quak...
One thing that bothers me about the pardons is that I work everyday with men incarcerated for far less. Last week, a man who completed our program was denied a job, not because he wasn’t qualified, because he has 6 mos of supervised release.
“Shalom cannot coexist with violence masquerading as law, where people are crushed under the weight of injustice.
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
Martin Luther King’s work is not done. It was a blueprint and a battle cry • Missouri Independent
Today is a day of reckoning. Today, resurgent white supremacy takes the oath of office on a day meant to commemorate a Black man who, 61 years before, stood at the other end of the National Mall and d...
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January 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One thing that bothers me about the pardons is that I work everyday with men incarcerated for far less. Last week, a man who completed our program was denied a job, not because he wasn’t qualified, because he has 6 mos of supervised release.
“Shalom cannot coexist with violence masquerading as law, where people are crushed under the weight of injustice.
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
Martin Luther King’s work is not done. It was a blueprint and a battle cry • Missouri Independent
Today is a day of reckoning. Today, resurgent white supremacy takes the oath of office on a day meant to commemorate a Black man who, 61 years before, stood at the other end of the National Mall and d...
missouriindependent.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Shalom cannot coexist with violence masquerading as law, where people are crushed under the weight of injustice.
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
To imagine shalom is to dare to believe in a world built on justice and restoration.”
missouriindependent.com/2025/01/20/m...
If Jesus asked the marginalized to vouch for me, would they?
(A thought from Brandon McCoy’s sermon yesterday).
(A thought from Brandon McCoy’s sermon yesterday).
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If Jesus asked the marginalized to vouch for me, would they?
(A thought from Brandon McCoy’s sermon yesterday).
(A thought from Brandon McCoy’s sermon yesterday).
Church denominations and statements of belief are helpful. They let you know who’s not welcome.
January 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Church denominations and statements of belief are helpful. They let you know who’s not welcome.
Reposted by Jonathan Branch
“I didn’t want to be a preacher or a priest, but once you find your voice, you become that no matter what.”
Meet the Street Artist Who Calls His Work Church
“I didn’t want to be a preacher or a priest, but once you find your voice, you become that no matter what.”
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January 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“I didn’t want to be a preacher or a priest, but once you find your voice, you become that no matter what.”
Reposted by Jonathan Branch
My “The Holy Family” print.
December 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM
My “The Holy Family” print.
So, what I’m hearing from Mohler is that, in his SBC, it’s okay to be a sexual predator as long as you’re not a “liberal.”
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In three-hour interview, Mohler says he ‘hopes and prays’ Jimmy Carter is born again
Al Mohler has to “hope and pray” Jimmy Carter is a born-again Christian, he told a conservative podcaster in a wide-ranging interview. But the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary had no...
baptistnews.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:41 AM
So, what I’m hearing from Mohler is that, in his SBC, it’s okay to be a sexual predator as long as you’re not a “liberal.”
baptistnews.com/article/in-t...
baptistnews.com/article/in-t...
Okay, I’m sure this conversation already happened a couple years ago, but Spirited—the Will Ferrell Christmas movie…
Just watched it tonight for the first time.
Just watched it tonight for the first time.
a woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and a sign that says hallelujer on it
ALT: a woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and a sign that says hallelujer on it
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December 8, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Okay, I’m sure this conversation already happened a couple years ago, but Spirited—the Will Ferrell Christmas movie…
Just watched it tonight for the first time.
Just watched it tonight for the first time.
Tonight, someone—who knows the work I do—said they didn’t know I was a Christian.
All things considered, I chose to take that as a compliment.
All things considered, I chose to take that as a compliment.
December 5, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Tonight, someone—who knows the work I do—said they didn’t know I was a Christian.
All things considered, I chose to take that as a compliment.
All things considered, I chose to take that as a compliment.
If you’re looking to financially support the work of justice and restoration as a way of giving thanks this season, please consider supporting Amazing Journey Inc. If you want to know more about what they do, message me.
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November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
If you’re looking to financially support the work of justice and restoration as a way of giving thanks this season, please consider supporting Amazing Journey Inc. If you want to know more about what they do, message me.
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I run a reentry program at my county’s detention center; working on a few restorative justice initiatives. Last night, we had a brief conversation about justice, difference between punitive and restorative. Then we watched the Hollow Water doc. (Addresses sexual assault)
www.nfb.ca/film/hollow_...
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Hollow Water
This documentary profiles the tiny Ojibway community of Hollow Water on the shores of Lake Winnipeg as they deal with an epidemic of sexual abuse in their midst. …
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November 22, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I run a reentry program at my county’s detention center; working on a few restorative justice initiatives. Last night, we had a brief conversation about justice, difference between punitive and restorative. Then we watched the Hollow Water doc. (Addresses sexual assault)
www.nfb.ca/film/hollow_...
www.nfb.ca/film/hollow_...
The word of God.
Yesterday Tony Campolo passed away at 89. I met him in my 20s. Amazing Jesus follower.
This story is one of my favorites.
Go ahead. Call me a Red Letter Christian if this is what it means.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWlM...
✌🏼 #MakePeace #LoveFirst #tonycampolo
This story is one of my favorites.
Go ahead. Call me a Red Letter Christian if this is what it means.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWlM...
✌🏼 #MakePeace #LoveFirst #tonycampolo
Tony Campolo - Birthday Party
YouTube video by Evan Courtney
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November 20, 2024 at 9:55 PM
The word of God.
I’ve found it helpful lately to remember that American evangelicalism is just one, relatively modern expression of Christianity, a mere footnote in the long history of those who have followed after Jesus.
My weekly newsletter tomorrow is called, “Learn The Unforced Rhythms of Grace.”
In it, I invite us to lament, process, imagine, and take steps towards the future together in Jesus’ “unforced rhythms of grace.”
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In it, I invite us to lament, process, imagine, and take steps towards the future together in Jesus’ “unforced rhythms of grace.”
Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile?fbcl...
Rev. Benjamin Cremer
I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I’ve found it helpful lately to remember that American evangelicalism is just one, relatively modern expression of Christianity, a mere footnote in the long history of those who have followed after Jesus.
Reposted by Jonathan Branch
God sees everything money hides.
November 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
God sees everything money hides.
Reposted by Jonathan Branch
Especially relevant for anyone whose church has forsaken Jesus and followed after Trump.
November 16, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Especially relevant for anyone whose church has forsaken Jesus and followed after Trump.