This book feels like a big hug from the universe through Rabbi Brian’s loving, insightful, and witty words. Within these pages you find raw and honest real life reflection that encourages each of us to step into our unique authenticity as we journey toward creating a more loving world. We need this encouragement now more than ever.

I am going back to re-read.

Practical ways to love & that it can be chosen. A self-help memoir exposé reminding us that, no matter our theology, the answer is LOVE!

Rabbi Brian forcefully contradicts untruths and lies that have been perpetrated on the reader replacing them with the truth of being beloved. rB offer practical paths toward a life more filled with lovingkindness—achieved through memorable story, adult learning theory, and imaginative play.

Practical, no-nonsense teachings uplift. Rabbi Brian’s wacky sense of humor and courage to face head-on any and every belief, no matter how “sacred”, inspired me to change the way I see the world… like taking a shower and washing away old layers of guilt and shame.

This book is a wild ride to unlearn all the broken things about religion and to re-learn the most important thing about life…love.

Rabbi Brian's whimsical invitation to question disarms. I dove in for enjoyment, spiritual stimulation, and on the hunt for paths of wonder I'd not yet encountered. I left smiling, and that means the world to me these days.

I have never been one to dog-ear the pages of books, but Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel has changed that for me. Each chapter contains wisdom I will want to read again and again. His playful and serious style of storytelling make me want to strive to live a better life; it teaches me to touch more deeply that place of transformational love—love both for myself and for others. And because I so often need reminding of how to love, the Highly Unorthodox Gospel is a dog-eared book I will pull off the shelf very often.

Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel is a gift of affirmation and love for those who long for a faith that matches their heart. It offers support for wonderers and anyone who wants to feel safe with their questions. And it’s supported by quality, reliable info! Read this book!

Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer's 'Highly Unorthodox Gospel' tosses traditional religiosity into the blender and serves up a fresh concoction of compassion and irreverence. With the audacity of a spiritual-rebel, Mayer ditches the dogma daring to declare that love and kindness are the real gospel. This book is a challenge to the spiritually complacent a high-five to the heretics.

Infused with the signature humor and depth that have attracted so many to Rabbi Brian and his work, Rabbi Brian's Highly Unorthodox Gospel urges us to dismantle the barriers that obstruct our paths to genuine compassion and understanding. We are invited to engage in a relentless quest to question not only the religious norms but also the inner obstructions that prevent us from embracing a fuller, more loving existence where love, not dogma, reigns supreme. For those weary of conventional religious constraints yet yearning for meaningful spiritual engagement, this book serves as a clarion call.