Mini Messenger - Jesus' Teachings for a Modern World

Insights Why the Modern World Needs Jesus’s Original Teachings Sheila Keene-Lund’s new book, The Original Teachings of Jesus: A Guide to Building Better Relationships, Transforming Your Life, and Deepening Your Faith, is intended to help Christianity evolve towards embodying the transformative spirit of Jesus. It reintroduces his powerful teachings—based on the Bible and The Urantia Book—in a format that readers can easily relate to. In her essay published today, Keene-Lund delves into the ways that Jesus’s teachings as presented in the New Testament have impacted humanity, and the modern issues that point to challenges in realizing the ideals he espoused.  But inspiring people to embrace a fresh perspective on Jesus’s teachings is no easy task, she writes. She takes the example of some of the comments she received on her Facebook post about the book, and provides her interesting and thoughtful responses to them. Read the Essay Obituary A Leader Who Lived the Teachings Don Guimond, president of the Pilot Light Urantia Society of Seattle and a very active participant in the Urantia Book community, has passed away after a short illness. Anthony Finstad pays tribute to his friend of 40 years. “Don had a service-minded spirit. He tried his best to live the teachings of our Master. His deep voice, and sometimes tough exterior, was no reflection of his inner warmth and kind hearted soul.” Read the Obituary Events Children on the Podium at Nigeria Conference Youngsters from the age of ten were on the podium presenting readings from The Urantia Book during a conference in Lagos, Nigeria. The adults—one as young as 18—gave presentations that explored themes ranging from an overview of the book to the goal of civilization. They're featured in a report from the successful Urantia Peace Initiative Conference that took place in Lagos last September. Part one was published last week. Scroll down to read the new part, "Conference Presentations." Read the Report Insights The Divine Gift of Time…and Eternity There are two days in the week about which we should not worry. Hint: “Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.’’ (48:7.21 [557.5]) Francine Fortin ponders the divine gift of time and eternity with God, urging us to live today, one day at a time. Read the Article Join us in learning, living and sharing the teachings of The Urantia Book. Become a Member Please send your comments on the individual articles to:  publications@urantiabook.org Disclaimer We strive to publish a variety of views, understanding that students of The Urantia Book can differ significantly in their interpretations of the teachings. The opinions and descriptions by the authors do not necessarily reflect the views of The Urantia Book Fellowship or initiatives that it supports. Standard Reference Text Citations You may see in-text citations for Urantia Book quotations in this publication that look like this: (62:5.1 [707.7]). The “62:5.1” portion can be used to look in a Urantia Book at paper 62, section 5, paragraph 1. The “707.7” portion can be used to look in a Urantia Book published by Urantia Foundation before 2009 on page 707, paragraph 7. These citations may also include an embedded URL link that can take you to the quotation within The Urantia Book. These citations show the source of the quotation as coming from The Urantia Book Standard Reference Text. The entire notation sequence can be represented as (paper:section.paragraph [page.paragraph]). For more information see https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book/what-is-the-standard-reference-text and https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book/text-standardization. This message has been sent to you by The Urantia Book Fellowship.  The Urantia Book Fellowship, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. 1580 Grand Point Way #34743, Reno, NV 89533, USA 1-303-467-7858   © 2024, The Urantia Book Fellowship. All rights reserved. If you no longer want to receive these letters, you can unsubscribe at any time  www.urantiabook.org