Principles to Live By

Melvin E Rees is a native of Portland, oregon -- born back in the horse-and-buggy days. A graduate of Laurelwood Academy and Walla Walla College, he spent a number of years in the private sector before beign called into the ministry. He labored in the Greater New York, New York, and Oregon Conferences, and in the Columbia and North Pacific Unions. Since retiring in 1975, he has held "Principles to Live By" seminars in the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. He believes, and teaches, that religion should be simple, that people should live by principle rather than rules -- that this is what Jesus taught. Mel and his wife Chris live in Woodland, Washington, in a beautifully wooded area where they have an orchard, berries, and a garden some refer to as a "truck farm." They raise far too much for two people, but enjoy sharing, which they consider a divine privilege. Author of Briefly Speaking and I Work For God.