Jesus, according to Rabbi Brian

TOPICS:

01 Despite what you keep getting told, what “born-again” actually means.

02 Jesus’s revolutionary message to bring down Caesar with abounding love, and a little political action

03 They keep talking about heaven. Want to know what they meant?

04 “The Bible” – Are we certain we all know what we mean by that?”

05 You know the Jesus group was into mysticism based on the prophet Isaiah’s chariot, right? Cause maybe we should review that.

06 How why this rabbi – who is really a rabbi – loves celebrating that Jesus came back from the dead on Easter morning. (Oh, resurrection, not resuscitation.)

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Flash Bang

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,

Hiawatha Johnson, JR.

January 31, 2026

January 2026 — Portland, ORE Hiawatha Johnson, Jr., a mentor and friend died. Summer 1985 — Magic Camp Oakdale, Long Island I’m 15. He’s 30. He wears a dashiki. He uses a walking stick. I’m prepubescent. I listen to comedy cassettes on a Walkman. I’m in awe. ✧✧✧ I perform a rather banal magic act that year — me narrating

The Delay

January 14, 2026

2026 issue #03 — The Delay I’m in my buddy David’s car. He’s driving me from my mom’s apartment in NYC to Newark, NJ, where I’m going to catch a plane back home to Portland. David and I have been friends for fifty years. Amazing. My phone dings. I look at it. Nothing important. Just an alert from United. *

Jesus, according to Rabbi Brian