The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers

I requested this book from the library, but I didn't get a chance to pick it up before our library system shut down during the pandemic.

Then I found an audiobook of Simple Faith at Hoopla.

Amy Hollingsworth recounts her friendship with Mister Rogers, focusing on their common commitments to spiritual vocations, developed through a series of letters written to each other.

It's another side of Mister Rogers that not many people know about. It's a rich and deep faith that Hollingsworth describes, and it is also a simple one.

I loved the story Mister Rogers shared with Amy about the time he was convicted of a need to stop judging others. He attended a church service with a friend. The preacher, Rogers thought, was loud and trite and did a terrible job. Then he turned to his friend and saw she was crying. “He knew just what I needed today,” his friend said.

This book added to my love of Mister Rogers. I may nominate Mister Rogers for sainthood.