Be Mr. Rogers

In 1969, when African-American citizens in the U.S. were not permitted to swim in public pools along side white people, Fred Rogers brought a black police officer to his television show and invited him to cool his feet with him in a small, plastic wading pool. Mr. Rogers then helped Officer Clemmons to dry his feet.

Remind you of anything? "After dinner, Jesus poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him." (John 13:4-5). Mr. Rogers never openly preached on his television program, despite being an ordained Presbyterian minister. Yet he taught a nation of young people volumes through this simple act of love.

In a world where you can be anything, be a Mr. Rogers.