Phil Millett: Discovering God in the World Around Us
All In
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4.8 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Raised in the canyons as the son of a science professor, Phil Millett developed a deep love for the natural world at an early age. While other kids spent their time on ball fields and in gyms, Phil wandered mountains and streams, searching for understanding in the world around him. Over time, those experiences led him not away from faith, but toward it. On this week's episode, Phil shares how nature has helped him recognize evidence of a divine Creator—and the spiritual lessons he's learned from a lifetime of exploring God's creations.
2:10- Falling in Love With Mother Nature
5:19- Cycles
8:05- Creation
12:05- Absolute Truth
17:22- The Brotherhood of the Rope
33:04- The Loss of a Best Friend and the Atonement
48:07- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
"In life and in what really matters most, I think that it's not so much the truths that we learn in our head, it's the truths that we learn in our heart."
Links:
Phil's Book, "From Rocks to You and Me" (I highly recommend the audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1967778949/?bestFormat=true&k=from%20rocks%20to%20you%20and%20me&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_14_de&crid=2Z2YQZV3AHXER&sprefix=from%20rocks%20to%20
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I first met Phil Millett over a decade ago when I moved in to the young single adult ward where |
| 0:06.0 | he was serving as bishop. I've always known that Bishop Millett loved the Lord and I learned very |
| 0:11.8 | quickly that he also had a lifelong love for the world around us and that love is contagious. |
| 0:18.7 | He and his wife Greta taught me to love hiking, not just because of the |
| 0:22.6 | beauty around us, but also because of the conversations and lessons learned along the way. |
| 0:28.1 | I hope his love for nature will inspire you to step outside and to appreciate the creations |
| 0:34.2 | of who Phil calls the divine architect, who enables nature to nurture us every step of the way. |
| 0:41.9 | Phil Millett was born in Provo, Utah, and as one of 11 children. |
| 0:45.7 | His father was a science professor and his mother one of his heroes. |
| 0:49.9 | He considers himself a Utah native, although his childhood was spent on the glaciers and mountains |
| 0:55.3 | of Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. |
| 0:58.9 | In 1982, he married his best friend and high school crush. |
| 1:03.0 | They have five children and eight grandchildren. |
| 1:06.1 | He is a geologist and mountaineer and the author of the book from rocks to you and me. |
| 1:16.6 | This is All In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be |
| 1:22.3 | all in the gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:24.4 | I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have my friend Phil Millett on the line |
| 1:29.6 | with me today. Phil, welcome. Oh, thank you, Morgan. This is going to be a test for me because I always call |
| 1:36.6 | Phil Bishop, because he was my singles ward bishop, and he told me that I can call him Phil, |
| 1:41.9 | but it's going to be very out of my comfort zone. |
| 1:44.6 | So we'll see how this goes. |
| 1:46.0 | Well, from the moment, Greta and I first met you, Morgan, you lit up the room. |
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