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I’ve written a part memoir, part self-help book about religion and LOVE.

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Rabbi Brian's Highly Unorthodox Gospel

✅ Belovedness • 🚫 Dogma, Shame, Guilt

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Preaching to the spiritual-but-not-religious choir with a deft comedic hand and no trace of ridicule. A friendly, good-humored, anecdotal conversation about religion with a refreshing lack of insistence.
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Rabbi Brian.

Hi. I’m Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer. 

I rabbi differently. My focus is on teaching adults how to have compassion, kindness, and love. 

I got good at instruction after I dropped out of synagogue Judaism, got a degree in education, and taught high school mathematics to inner-city kids.

I got good at writing after 20 years of keeping a weekly blog.

I serve as the executive director of Religion-Outside-The-Box (ROTB.org). 

Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel is the greatest art project I’ve ever accomplished. 

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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.
Russ Anderson
Software Engineer
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.
Reed Kolber
Activist
I imagine "Rabbi Brian's Highly Unorthodox Gospel" is the book Willy Wonka would have written if instead of being passionate about candy, he fixated on compassion, kindness, and love. rB's_HUG is chock full of heart, love, and inclusion and sprinkled on top with imagination, light-heartedness, and joy. As Gene Wilder might have sang it: "If you want to view paradise - Simply read the book and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? - There's nothing to it." This book is a wonderful resource for all of those who want to change the world for the better. Thank you Rabbi Wonka... I mean, Brian.
Mark Sandlin
Pastor
How refreshing to be presented with a flexible understanding of religion and of God.... Rabbi Brian's Highly Unorthodox Gospel is accessible to all and includes practical guides for discerning one's own truth.
Suzanne Singer
Rabbi

FAQ

Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel is a modern guide to living a life rooted in compassion, kindness, and love—for others and for yourself. The book blends philosophy, humor, and personal reflection to help readers rethink spirituality without relying on rigid doctrine or traditional religious rules.

The book is designed for people who are searching for meaning but may not feel comfortable in traditional religious institutions. It especially speaks to readers who consider themselves spiritual but not religious, None, questioning, deconstructing, or unaffiliated with organized religion. And some lawyers.

Unorthodox because it is not a normal book. It’s very chatty, has fill-in-the-blank exercises, activity stickers, and is not “straight and narrow.”

Highly Unorthodox Gospel spells out HUG.

Instead of presenting rigid answers, the book encourages thoughtful questioning and personal reflection. It combines humor, storytelling, and philosophical ideas to explore spirituality in a practical and relatable way. It’s FUN! And comes with a 100% Guarantee.

Um, all of it. As Jewish as Tevye. 

Rabbi Brian is an ordained rabbi (HUC-JIR ’98), and member in good standing of CCAR as well as the Oregon Board of Rabbis.

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