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.
It will be interesting to see if he and his family make it out on Thursday.
Evangelicals voted for this.
Evangelicals voted for this.
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It will be interesting to see if he and his family make it out on Thursday.
Evangelicals voted for this.
Evangelicals voted for this.
What is essential, though, is that each of us—including those of us who work for justice—admit our lostness and look to be found. This is a tough one for me.
Restoration > retribution
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/lost...
Restoration > retribution
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/lost...
Lost, Hidden, Small: Finding the Way of Jesus Where We Never Think to Look
Finding the Way of Jesus Where We Never Think to Look
bookshop.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What is essential, though, is that each of us—including those of us who work for justice—admit our lostness and look to be found. This is a tough one for me.
Restoration > retribution
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/lost...
Restoration > retribution
@broadleafbooks.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/lost...
They were lost together in their pain, their pride, and their alienation of the “other.”
This doesn’t mean they were equally privileged or empowered. Accountability and repair requires something different of each of us.
This doesn’t mean they were equally privileged or empowered. Accountability and repair requires something different of each of us.
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
They were lost together in their pain, their pride, and their alienation of the “other.”
This doesn’t mean they were equally privileged or empowered. Accountability and repair requires something different of each of us.
This doesn’t mean they were equally privileged or empowered. Accountability and repair requires something different of each of us.
I keep thinking about the sacred-secular split that “worldview” people make into a thing.
Not sure I can get those thoughts into a post though.
Not sure I can get those thoughts into a post though.
January 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I keep thinking about the sacred-secular split that “worldview” people make into a thing.
Not sure I can get those thoughts into a post though.
Not sure I can get those thoughts into a post though.
I think for some it’s the idea that Jesus’s message is personal, not political—Jesus wants one person to care for another, but government is about swords and punishments. (I used to think that way too.)
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I think for some it’s the idea that Jesus’s message is personal, not political—Jesus wants one person to care for another, but government is about swords and punishments. (I used to think that way too.)
The criminal justice system in this country is already short of justice. Having a president who mocks the very notion of justice is incredibly shameful.
January 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The criminal justice system in this country is already short of justice. Having a president who mocks the very notion of justice is incredibly shameful.
He did not try to overthrow the government. Nor did he assault police officers. He made a bad choice related to drugs. Years of incarceration, loss of job, strain on wife and kids, still facing “collateral consequences” after “paying his debt to society.”
January 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
He did not try to overthrow the government. Nor did he assault police officers. He made a bad choice related to drugs. Years of incarceration, loss of job, strain on wife and kids, still facing “collateral consequences” after “paying his debt to society.”