Yup.
I’ve seen three or four very interesting videos about Mr. Rogers lately. I don’t know that he was godward, but there are many Christianly features about him.
This video is a really interesting look at a moment in time, critical to public programming, when he won over a skeptical Congressman.
A little late, but I was just catching up on my feed reader…
Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister, though I don’t know to what extent he was involved with any type of church ministry.
PCUSA has certainly taken some… questionable… turns of late, and I don’t know much of its history, but he certainly had a passion for children and providing them with positive outlets and solutions to their problems that didn’t include violence or other negative reactions.
My kids watch Sesame Street and Thomas the Tank Engine… These are both steps up from Barney, but as I watched this video, I found myself wishing that Mr. Rogers Neighborhood was still on instead.