Summary: A religious biography of Mister Rogers. It has been two months since I have posted a review on my blog. I have been on vacation but mostly working on finishing up my certificate program in Spiritual Direction with six units of classes. I have read many books for class but little for fun. Amid … Read more
Summary: Half biography, half inspirational insights into how to learn from Mister Rogers. I am not unfamiliar with Mister Rogers’ story. In addition to regularly watching old episodes of his TV show with my four and six-year-olds, I have read four books by or about him over the past couple of years and watched several documentaries. … Read more
Summary: Spiritual insights from the author’s friendship with Mr Rogers. There really are surprisingly few books about Mister Rogers. Outside of the books by Mr Rogers, I can really only find four. One I read and reviewed last year (The Peaceful Neighbor). One that I just found today, one that is self published (and very poorly reviewed) … Read more
Summary: A look at how Mr Rogers communicated his countercultural Christianity through his life and tv show. I am a big fan of Mr Rogers. Part of what made me pick up this book was a desire to re-connect with the peacefulness of Mr Rogers for my children. My daughter is just old enough that … Read more
Summary: Fred Rogers was the person the person you saw on tv. It is surprising that it has taken 15 years since his death for an actual biography of Fred Rogers to be written. At the end of the book, the author Max King, says that the family took a good bit of convincing to … Read more
Takeaway: Mr Rogers really was wise. Purchase Links: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Over the weekend there were a bunch of sales on kindle books. I picked this up for $0.44. And at that price is was a steal. The kindle price is now up to almost $10 so much less attractive. This is a … Read more
Summary: Many people know about Francois Clemmons because of his relationship with Mister Rogers, but this is Francois Clemmons’ story. I picked up a hardcover of Officer Clemmons when it came out several years ago, but I just never got around to reading it. I was looking for a change of pace and picked up … Read more
I have stopped doing traditional ‘best of’ lists the past couple of years. Instead, I have written about what has impacted me in different areas. Below I also give some stats on the diversity of the authors of my reading and the topics of my reading. Confronting History History is a significant interest of mine. … Read more
Summary: Pop culture connections to the gospel and biography the way it is supposed to be done. I have long been a subscriber to Christ and Pop Culture Magazine. Seeing glimpses of God in art is one of the best ways I know of to communicate about Christ to people who are not Christians. But … Read more
It is the time of the year when everyone is posting their “˜Best of’ lists. This is not going to be a “˜Best of 2018′ because less than half of these were published in 2018. And I think that is a good thing. Books should have a life of longer than a year, and even … Read more