Brian Recker

Brian Recker ▫️mdiv 💒
▫️ex-pastor, rabble-rouser 😤
▫️be curious, not judgmental ♥️
📖 Author of national best seller, HELL BENT!

06/07/2026

Probably not great to dwell on such dark and seemingly unchangeable realities, but sometimes when I look at my son’s sweet faces I just think about how those parents must feel and I can hardly bear it. 💔
In Australia, after just one school shooting, they changed everything. They were unwilling to lose any more precious children to senseless death for something as trivial as unregulated gun ownership. That makes sense to me. Nothing about our country makes sense to me. It is a culture of death, all the more grim because it is enforced by a group of people who claim to be pro-life, and who claim to represent a God of love. Until Christians in our country repent and beat guns and bombs into plowshares, we will continue to reap the violence that we sow.
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06/06/2026

a clip from my conversation with michevanessen on why it’s so important for Christians to vocally stand up for trans lives, because of the way our religion has been Weaponized against them.
Check out the rest of this conversation on my feed, and consider supporting trans mission ministry in their work to provide safe spaces for trans people of faith!

06/06/2026

If I’m honest, the loss of my marriage has made it harder to enjoy Christmas.
When we separated we decided to alternate holidays. The first Christmas after our separation was with their Mom, but I joined in and spent it with them at her house. Last year, for the second Christmas, she came over to my house. This year we did it separately for the first time, and so for the first time I was not with my children on Christmas Day- I celebrated with them on the 26th. As long as they are prioritized and loved by each of us, not every moment can or should be shared, especially as our family continues to evolve, and each of us has a new partner to share moments with. That doesn’t mean it’s easy! When I FaceTimed them on Christmas day, one of my boys said “you should be here!” Knowing that I would have my own celebration the next day didn’t make hearing that any easier. But I also knew that he was primarily saying that to let me know he loves me, not because he was having a bad time. He has an amazing time at his mom’s house, and he also loves it at my house. His Christmas is no less magical just because it didn’t go according to the nuclear unbroken family blueprint.
It’s very easy to compare your situation with other families, and be discouraged about failing to live up to “picture perfect” images of what Christmas is “supposed” to look like. But kids don’t need picture perfect, “supposed to look like” is made up anyways, and they really just need you continuing to show up with love and attention. Celebrating on Dec 26 can be just as special if you make it so. 💖

06/06/2026

Just think of the things we could accomplish, the dreams we could dream, and the art we could create, if people were not scraping and clawing for the basic necessities to sustain human life. Instead, homelessness rates are growing by double digits because people can’t afford housing. 😵‍💫😵‍💫

06/06/2026

Family fit check while dreaming of a society that believes that every child’s basic needs deserve to be met and are not a political game. 💖💖

06/05/2026

Many of us have left evangelical churches, because we have seen through the nationalism, xenophobia, homophobia etc, and we could no longer be confined to those exclusionary spaces. And yet, despite leaving, we still allow them to define what true Christianity is- who is in and who is out. I’m not here to tell you that you should stay Christian. If you want to leave that label behind, more power to you! But I for one am not going to let a small minded group define what it means to follow one of the greatest spiritual teachers in history. Jesus is so much bigger than American evangelicalism. We see where their version of Christianity leads: to violence and nationalistic idolatry. But Jesus’s spirituality didn’t lead there— his way always led to love, to welcoming outsiders, and to opening our hearts just a little bit more for the least, last, lost, and little ones.
If you’re still interested in following Jesus, but are ready for a new vision, not defined by conservative evangelicalism, you may enjoy my substack, where I am going through the life and ministry of Jesus, offering meditations on his universalistic, radically inclusive, liberating spirituality. Comment “beloved” below to receive a DM link to my substack to check it out!

06/05/2026

Is graduating with crippling student loan debt that follows you for decades a basic responsibility of adulthood?

06/05/2026

Healthcare? Childcare? Affordable housing? A reasonable minimum wage? School lunches? Firefighters? The EPA? Sorry, too expensive. Bombs? We gotcha covered. 👌🫶🇺🇸

I posted this over a year ago but I’m thinking it will remain evergreen for a while. 😖

06/04/2026

This rant is for coparents that share custody, but I know there are many single moms and some single dads who have 100% custody, and no breaks. You are true superheroes; I do not know how you do it, and I wish we built a society that supported you better. I hope you find family, friends and community that can give you a break as well, since we all need a chance to just be a person. 😮‍💨
Regardless of your situation, I hope you offer yourself lots of grace as we are all doing our best in this difficult journey of raising little humans. If nobody else tells you this today, you are doing a great job. If you are worried that you’re not doing a great job, just the fact that you’re worried about it tells me that you are. 😝🫶🫶🫶

06/04/2026

Good luck out there 🫶🫶

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