Facebook Study Groups
In the last issue of Tidings we published a presentation by Jeannie Vázquez, Chair of the Social Media Committee. In this issue we have five articles from members of Urantia Association’s Facebook Study Group. We begin with Tracey Kramm, Administrator of the Facebook Study Group Urantia.
Having moved around quite a bit as an adult, finding a local Urantia study group was never easy after I discovered The Urantia Book. Online groups became an absolute Godsend, especially during those early days when I was still wrestling with my first read-through. The lively dialogues, friendly debates, and occasional spirited arguments sharpened my thinking and gave my understanding of the revelation room to grow. At first, reading the book on my own felt exciting.
My curiosity was insatiable, and I made solid progress while the momentum lasted. But as the concepts grew deeper and more layered, they started piling up like fallen leaves in autumn, and my motivation began to fade. That’s when I stumbled upon several Urantia-related groups on Facebook. Almost immediately, my curiosity came roaring back, my reading comprehension was stimulated, and my God-consciousness felt newly inspired.
Studying The Urantia Book has been a true spiritual wake-up call—a profound walk with Christ Michael and a deepening desire for communion with my indwelling God fragment. What has made the journey so much richer are the beautiful souls I’ve met along the way, most of them through online study groups.
Now, whenever I attend a conference or in-person Urantia event, I find myself playing a little game: matching real-life faces to those familiar tiny profile photos and connecting them with the wise words, thoughtful posts, and lively threads I’ve come to know so well. Thanks to the internet, I’ve had the great fortune of befriending students from all over the world. Even as a typical monolingual North American, I’ve never felt hindered in our conversations. The revelation truly brings hearts and souls together, no matter the distance.