The Author
Mel Rees is a native of Portland, Ore-
gon — 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 being called into the minis-
try. He labored in the Greater New York,
New York, and Oregon Conferences, and
in the Columbia and North Pacific ee
Unions.
He was one of the first to see the impor- oo
tance of stewardship education as outlined in the Bib e
Spirit of Prophecy. He has shared these principles with pi
~ as far north as St. Lawrence Island in Alaska and as far S
‘as Cape Town, South Africa. oo -
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 teache
‘that religion should be simple, that people should live by |
principle rather than rules — that this i is what Jesus taught
Mel and his wife Chris live in Woodland, Washington, i
: beautifully wooded area where they have an orchard, be
and a garden some refer to as a ‘truck farm. 2 They rais
too much for two people, but enjoy Sharing, which they
sider a divine privilege.