‘He Calls Me Daughter’ Explores Father Wounds and the Healing Found in Christ, Director Says
Michael Foust
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By Michael Foust, Crosswalk.com
A new movie from the director of several popular faith-based documentaries explores the wounds many women carry from their earthly fathers and the healing found through the love of a Heavenly Father.
He Calls Me Daughter lands in theaters March 17-18 and features the stories of comedian Chonda Pierce, In-N-Out Burger president Lynsi Snyder, and author Meg Meeker as they discuss a topic director Rick Altizer says is often ignored and swept under the rug.
Altizer previously directed Show Me the Father, Russ Taff: I Still Believe, and Chonda Pierce: Laughing in the Dark.
“We project onto our Heavenly Father traits of our earthly father,” Altizer told Crosswalk Headlines.
The problem, though, is that many women grow up not fully embracing their identity as a “daughter of God” or a “daughter of the King” because they carry deep “father wounds,” he said.
“It creates a conflict in your relationship with God – your personal walk,” he said. “You're in church, you're married, you're staying married, you're functioning. But at the end of the day, you don't really believe God's your Father, because you don't know what that word means, and you're not seeing yourself as a daughter, because what father and daughter has meant has been so corrupted that it's difficult for you to process those words – and yet the deepest truth of who you are is daughter, because God is Father first.”
The New Testament is filled with references to God as Father, Altizer added.
“In John 14 – the word ‘father’ is mentioned 23 times in one chapter, and it's a core identity of who God is. And when I'm not relating to God in the deepest truth of who I am, then there's a deep part of my spiritual relationship with God that's missing.”
Altizer added that the goal is to help women with father wounds reconnect with God, rediscover their identity as daughters of God, and develop an understanding of His Fatherly love.
The film concludes with links to resources.
“The gospel is presented in the film. You are loved by a perfect, Heavenly Father. He's not like your earthly dad. He's perfect. He loves you perfectly, and He’s chosen you. You're His, and He gives you your validation. He gives you your sense of worth and well-being.”
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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