Rabbi Brian On Inner Peace

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In episode # 128, Dr. Reese sits down with Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer, a spiritual director, author and leader of an online open-minded community called Religion Outside the Box. In this interview, they talk about the GOD of your understanding and how the baggage of language and meaning can play a factor in someones belief. They also discuss the power of surrender, the 21-day no complaint challenge, the significance of the book of Deuteronomy, and the obvious place GOD would place a treasure map for humans. Plus – What are the 7 things that qualify a mystical experience?

Me, Rabbi.

February 25, 2026

✧✧✧ I am a rabbi. I have a Masters Degree in Hebrew letters and a Doctorate of Divinity, and I am ordained as a rabbi. I have each credential framed, in my office, just behind where I sit. They’re not individually affixed to the wall—they lean against one another in a stack. I like the

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February 14, 2026

✧✧✧ Hugh’s dad died a few weeks ago. Hugh is a dear friend and Presbyterian minister in Waterloo (just west of Toronto), Ontario, Canada. I call, we small-talk for a while, and then I ask, “How is your heart?” “I appreciate you asking. My heart is heavy and sad.” ✧✧✧ I love Hugh.I mean, how many people do you know

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February 6, 2026

✧✧✧ My buddy Marc meets me near my house at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon so we can bike to the small park named for Elizabeth Caruthers. I looked her up as I started to write this article. Elizabeth Caruthers was an early pioneer woman whose Supreme Court case led to the 1850 Donation Act—ruling that a woman, married or not,

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