{"id":2346,"date":"2012-06-07T15:06:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2012-06-07T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:08:26","slug":"mr-rogers-is-back-and-boy-do-we-need-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/06\/mr-rogers-is-back-and-boy-do-we-need-him.html","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Rogers is back &#8212; and, boy, do we need him!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cultural wisdom of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Rogers\">Fred Rogers<\/a>. <\/strong>PBS is out with a new video that puts one of the gentle monologues of the late iconic Presbyterian minister\/kids &#8216; show host (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood\">Mr. Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood<\/a>) to music. In it he talks about the power of imagination to create a positive world around us.\u00a0 <em><\/em>More @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tv\/article\/mr-rogers-remixed-watch-pbs-hot-new-autotuned-video-43141\">The Wrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mister Rogers Remixed | Garden of Your Mind | PBS Digital Studios\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFzXaFbxDcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>You can grow ideas in the garden of your mind&#8230;All you have to is think and they&#8217;ll grow.<\/em> A positive message for kids &#8212; and adults, for that matter.\u00a0 Also a genial-but-powerful reminder of the opportunity and responsibility that comes with shaping the culture through media. The ideas we put out there will shape our culture for better or worse. So, a little less focus on anger, bitterness, cynicism and acerbic put-downs and a little more on understanding and working things out could go a long way in seeing us through the tough times we find ourselves in.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s to nurturing the concepts of kindness, forgiveness, gratitude, mutual respect, hope and faith in our movies, TV shows, books, music and online videos. More light, less darkness + a brighter world. Just a thought.\u00a0 Have a great weekend, everybody!<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The cultural wisdom of Fred Rogers. PBS is out with a new video that puts one of the gentle monologues of the late iconic Presbyterian minister\/kids &#8216; show host (Mr. Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood) to music. 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