Author Archives: Monte Shelley

17 August 2009 Topic: Exit strategy: How to leave this world as intelligently as possible. (Definition of “this world:” This fallen state where Satan controls most of what goes on.) Main goal: To be “unworldly.” To love God with all … Continue reading →

Atonement: At-one-ment. To become one with Father. The Great Commandment: Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all of thy heart, might, mind and strength; and in the name of Jesus Christ shalt thou serve him. (D&C 59:5) One … Continue reading →

(Written in about 1975) Each of us files a daily report as to how we feel about the Church in our actions. Silently we acclaim or protest through our support or non-support of what we see and hear. This is … Continue reading →

14 August 1992 Let us begin by dividing up reality. The first part of reality is the natural world, that which is created and governed by the hand of God; this is the terrain, the flora and fauna and the … Continue reading →

May 1972 Commencement Remarks As many of you have come to the climax of your formal education, it is appropriate to ask what you have learned. Likely you have learned in two areas, acting and thinking. Training is the educational … Continue reading →

28 May 1971 There are more free people in the world today than ever before. There are also more slaves. Technology has given us historically unprecedented power. We as a race do not know how to use that power responsibly. … Continue reading →

August 1992 Commencement Remarks As we celebrate the accomplishments today of those who have graduated it is appropriate that we also celebrate the greatness of ideas, for it is ideas that make a university a meaningful institution. For a moment … Continue reading →

20 April 1973 Much publicity has been given recently to an alleged “glut” in graduate education. Let us examine this situation for a moment by asking and answering some important questions. Question: Why is graduate education valued so highly in … Continue reading →

God (Father and Mother) begat spirit children             Who loved with and served under Father and Mother                         And learned obedience unto righteousness                                     That they might be proved in heart and clothed in flesh                                                 In a fallen and … Continue reading →

February 1987 1.   Meaning is a function of people, not of things such as signs, signals and symbols. 2.   People express themselves to “mean” through what they do and don’t do, often using signs, signals and symbols. 3.   There are … Continue reading →