The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor - Softcover

Hollingsworth, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0849918944 ISBN 13: 9780849918940

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2007

Synopsis

Celebrate the release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks with an inside look on Mr. Rogers' spiritual legacy. It shows us a man who, to paraphrase the words of St. Francis of Assisi, "preached the gospel at all times; when necessary he used words."

 

Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News once said of the American icon Fred Rogers, "Mister Rogers was an ordained minister, but he never talked about God on his program. He didn't need to."

 

Eight years before his death, Fred Rogers met author, educator, and speaker Amy Hollingsworth. What started as a television interview turned into a wonderful friendship spanning dozens of letters detailing the driving force behind this gentle man of extraordinary influence. Educator? Philosopher? Psychologist? Minister? Here is an intimate portrait of the real Mister Rogers.

 

The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers focuses on Mr. Rogers' spiritual legacy, but it is much more than that. It shows us a man who, to paraphrase the words of St. Francis of Assisi, "preached the gospel at all times; when necessary he used words."

About this title

About the Author:

Amy Hollingsworth is the author of the best-selling The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers and Gifts of Passage. Before writing books, Amy wrote for various magazines and was a television writer for eight years for CBN. In 2010, she was named one of USA Today’s Top 100 People for her influence on pop culture and was featured in the documentary by MTV’s Benjamin Wagner titled Mister Rogers & Me. Her television appearances include WGN’s Morning News, PBS’s A Word on Words, and Fox’s Morning News. A former psychology professor, Amy lives in Virginia with her husband and children.  

 

From AudioFile:

At first, Amy Hollingsworth's calm voice and steady pace seemed too uninvolved, too unruffled for the depth of the emotional connection she claims to feel for the late Fred Rogers, of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." However, as she unfolds the story of what Rogers means to her and how his personal faith is revealed in his life and show, it becomes apparent just how fitting her delivery is. One of Hollingsworth's core claims about Rogers is that he provided a respite from the world and that the calm he created through his cadence and through the tempo at which people interacted in his neighborhood were direct reflections of his faith and gentle spirit. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0849918944
• ISBN 13: 9780849918940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224