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Mister Rogers and his faith

March 4th, 2008 in Faith, Popular culture |

My sister bought me a copy of The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers a couple of months back, and I didn’t really get a chance to sit down and read it until this past week.

What a terrific, terrific book. Author Amy Hollingsworth, whose first interview with Fred Rogers turned into a long friendship, captures the deep faith that informed Rogers’ life and work. Many people know that Rogers was a Presbyterian minister, and although his show never featured any overt religious content the gospel oozed through every pore. Hollingsworth does a terrific job explaining Rogers’ theology, both in terms of his work and in terms of the man who she came to hold so dear. Moving and extraordinary.

This also gives me a chance to refer you to another recent post:
Won’t you wear a sweater on March 20?

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