Philosophy & Religion

  • What is Spiritual Faith?

    June 1, 2026

    We often think of faith as religious doctrine—the beliefs, rules, and rituals associated with an organized religion, such as the Christian faith, the Muslim faith, or the Buddhist faith. The … read more of What is Spiritual Faith?.

  • When Familiar Words Conceal New Meaning: Revelation, Continuity, and the Conditions of Understanding

    June 1, 2026

    One of the enduring challenges of any revelation is not how it is received by those who reject it, but how it is understood by those who welcome it. When … read more of When Familiar Words Conceal New Meaning: Revelation, Continuity, and t

  • The Spirit of Truth and Seraphic Guidance Stimulate Soul Growth

    November 20, 2024

    In our Urantia circles, the universe is often compared to a university, a never-ending career of learning and achievement where eventually students progress to the point where they become the … read more of The Spirit of Truth and Seraphic

  • The Importance of Organizational Unity

    June 16, 2024

    Many students of the revelation, as well as our members, may wonder why the unification of Urantia Association International and the Urantia Book Fellowship is important. A recent survey conducted … read more of The Importance of Organizat

  • What is Morontia?

    May 3, 2024

    Definitions Though it may be premature to forecast wide acceptance of The Urantia Book, it’s clearly rising in visibility due to decades of wise dissemination efforts and, of course, the … read more of What is Morontia?.

  • Dealing With Conflict in A Spiritual Life

    May 3, 2024

    Conflicts are an inevitable part of life on inhabited worlds, especially those worlds in the earlier stages of social and spiritual evolution. And this is certainly the case at the … read more of Dealing With Conflict in A Spiritual Life.

  • Focus on the Father – Faith

    March 4, 2024

    Going out on a limb of faith requires faith. Faith is a holy paradox: It’s a grab-hold thing on spirit levels and a let-go thing on material levels. With the … read more of Focus on the Father – Faith.

  • Focus on the Father – Spiritual Gifts 

    December 13, 2023

    “True faith is faith only if the actions of your life are in harmony with it and never contradict it.” — Leo Tolstoy The concept of faith—a gift we may … read more of Focus on the Father – Spiritual Gifts .

  • Unity – Harmony Within Diversity of Experience and Belief 

    November 3, 2023

    (Transcript of a presentation at the 2022 Tasmanian conference) What is “Spirit Unity” and where does it exist? It’s very easy to have diversity, difference of opinion, and divergent viewpoints … read more of Unity – Harmony Within Divers

  • Urantia’s Unrevealed Destiny

    November 2, 2023

    CHRIST MICHAEL OF NEBADON — our sovereign Master Son and also, not by coincidence, the Planetary Prince of Urantia — undoubtedly receives frequent reports from Machiventa Melchizedek,[i]the Vicegerent Planetary Prince … read more of Uranti

  • The God Experience

    June 20, 2023

    Written by a Urantia Book Student The God Experience is founded on the concepts, values, and ideals portrayed in The Urantia Book. With those matchless teachings woven throughout its pages, … read more of The God Experience.

  • The Ideological Struggle

    May 3, 2023

    Part 1 | Taking a Stand In the Publication Mandate for The Urantia Book, we are told that we must have an army of teachers and leaders at the ready … read more of The Ideological Struggle.

  • Birth of the Spirit and Spiritual Maturity

    April 26, 2023

    I would like to share some ideas, as an introduction to a discussion, around this subject that unites us: Being born of the Spirit and Spiritual Maturity.” It is about … read more of Birth of the Spirit and Spiritual Maturity.

  • Focus on the Father

    March 3, 2023

    Living in Grace There are several things about Jesus that we are often reminded of in The Urantia Book. Chief of these is how he revealed the Father in every … read more of Focus on the Father.

  • Soul Evolution Study Aid

    March 2, 2023

    My latest study aid, Soul Evolution: Deeper Delvings into Divinity, is a more visual representation of concepts from The Urantia Book which give us a clearer idea of what it … read more of Soul Evolution Study Aid.

  • Our Missing Mother God – Monotheism at the Cost of Trinitarianism

    November 2, 2022

    Back in the late 1980s, while engaged in a graduate program in transpersonal psychology, I took a class in Creation Spirituality with Matthew Fox, the former Dominican priest, theologian, and … read more of Our Missing Mother God Monothe

  • My Relationship to God – My Mother and Father

    November 2, 2022

    My understanding of, and relationship with, God has changed tremendously since I discovered The Urantia Book fifty years ago. I was raised in a religion where masculine, anthropomorphic descriptions of … read more of My Relationship to God

  • Legacy and Inspiration

    May 10, 2022

    Almost everyone who encounters the fifth epochal revelation and who finds the teachings moving and inspiring, desires to share them with other human beings and help them experience the same … read more of Legacy and Inspiration.

  • The What Book?

    May 10, 2022

    Part I Back in high school, I would have been voted “Most Likely to Volunteer for Alien Abduction.” Thus, I was immediately intrigued by a magazine ad I saw in … read more of The What Book?.

  • The Jesus Museum and The Jesus Metaverse

    December 18, 2021

    We d like to share with you two projects we ve been working on for some time now: The Jesus Museum and the Jesus Metaverse The world needs a new vision of … read more of The Jesus Museum and The Jesus Metaverse.