❤️ Spiritualigious tools for more grace. And, more love.
Tuesday Open Office Hour
Questions + Community
You have a question for me? Want to ask it? I’d love to chat. Use the link emailed to you when you signed up for the Saturday Service and join me (and whoever else shows up) live on Zoom. Tuesdays at 11am PT
Notes about Mourning
Had a loss?
My notes about mourning.
Thousands have found these words to help normalize feelings of loss.
Matzah Making
Passover.
Let’s make the best Matzah you’ve ever had — according to a recipe culled from the annal of the Spanish Inquisition from 1503.
It has pepper and honey! It’s amazing.
If you are on the mailing list, you’ll automatically be notified when the class goes online.
Rabbi Brian
About me!
Hi. I’m Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer.
I rabbi differently. My focus is on teaching adults tools for compassion, kindness, and love.
I run ROTB.org, a worldwide, internet congregation of over 3,500 members. I enjoy constructing small bios, making stained glass lamps, and gaining mastery on the French horn. I live in Portland, Oregon and am thinking a lot about gender and patriarchy these days.
Learn more about me in of my tell all book: “Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel.“
ROTB
A Brief History
In the early 2000’s I sent emails to friends giving my perspective on religion. That became a blog which morphed into The 77% Weekly Newsletter.Before COVID, getting people on Zoom was a struggle. Not anymore.
ROTB has grown organically and now boasts 3.5K members.
Board & Legal
Board
The board of directors is Al and Caryn and Diana and Jack and Maria and Meg and Pierce
Legal
Tax Exempt 501c3 EIN 87-0762482
Caretaker Support Group
O.U.2 — as in “Oh, you too?” — is the name of the ROTB support group for people who care for others. It’s a space where caregivers can feel heard and seen by others who share the same difficult role.
Email us:
rotb.ou2@gmail.com
Find us on the web:
https://www.ou2care.com/join/
Prison Ministry
My Buddhist friend Nagy, of blessed memory, told me to write letters to James #CA_AU5200, which I did and we estabilished a friendship co-teaching a correspondance course about patience.
Together we have helped scores of inmates to write and publish their own books.
We support in-facility eduction events like the Pledge of Peace.
ROTB has also helped 100’s with basic hygine products.
