Fred Rogers
Hachette Go, 400 pages
Published December 3, 2024
Who better to speak to this time and place than everyone’s favorite Presbyterian minister, Mr. Rogers? This Beautiful Day is a simple devotional — most entries are a single sentence or two, like a tear-off calendar, with a page for each of the 365 days ahead. Yet there is nothing ephemeral about Mr. Rogers’ wisdom: the affirmations captured here are tender and include occasional snippets of his own life and lessons learned, all his gentle and hopeful voice.
These devotions touch very lightly on God, making them appropriate for the “spiritual but not religious” colleague or college student who isn’t quite sure what they believe but needs to know they are deeply loved. This Beautiful Day will fit in many Christmas stockings and into a purse or glove compartment for those who seek small doses of uplift throughout the day.
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