Discover Jesus – Update
By Mike Robinson
Discover Jesus – Progress
The Discover Jesus website has been live on our new platform, DiscoverJesus.com, for three months and we continue to add new articles and images to improve the desktop and mobile reader experience. We are dedicated to creating the most comprehensive and user-friendly website based on the Life and Teachings of Jesus as portrayed in The Urantia Book.
Content Development Progress
We now have 260+ published essays with profile images on the Discover Jesus website (up from 230 last month). These new essays include the following:
- Event - Jesus Counsels the Rich Man
- Event - Jesus Introduces the Lord's Prayer to the Apostles
- Event - Jesus' Fifth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Sixth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Seventh Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Eighth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Ninth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Tenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Eleventh Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Twelfth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Thirteenth Appearance (as pictured above)
- Event - Jesus' Fourteenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Fifteenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Sixteenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Seventeenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Eighteenth Appearance
- Event - Jesus' Nineteenth Appearance
- Event - The Final Six Apostles are Chosen
- Group - Sanhedrin
- Location - Caesarea-Philippi
- Location - Decapolis
- Location - Endor
- Location - Perea
- Person - Celta (One of the women's corps)
- Person - Milcha (One of the women's corps)
- Person - Nasanta (One of the women's corps)
- Topic - Religion - Christianity
- Topic - Why were Joseph and Mary Chosen as Jesus' Parents?
Search Optimization and Speed
Two things we have been working on this past month are search optimization and speed. The first helps us to better reach new viewers by ranking our site higher in Google or other search engine results when searching for terms that match what we have published about Jesus' life. The second is to ensure that our pages load quickly given all of the images that we have on our site that make the experiences so immersive. These are both technical elements and are important in our goal of reaching more viewers.
Your Help is Appreciated
This project remains a robust effort, sustained by a passionate collective of Urantia Book readers committed to its completion. Our software enhancements are continuously refined based on user insights to optimize our interface. Moreover, vigorous marketing and fundraising campaigns are underway to boost site traffic. The exceptional contributions from our vast network of writers and volunteers continue to be invaluable.
We appreciate any donations you can make to support this cause and are grateful for your ongoing engagement and support throughout 2024.