{"id":21671,"date":"2026-03-10T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21671"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:23:56","slug":"chonda-pierce-other-women-discover-how-to-heal-painful-father-wounds-in-new-christian-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21671","title":{"rendered":"Chonda Pierce, Other Women Discover How to Heal Painful Father Wounds in New Christian Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>A new faith-based film is shedding light on the emotional pain that can result from broken father-daughter relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;He Calls Me Daughter&#8221;\u00a0features firsthand stories of healing through the love of our Heavenly Father. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A unique aspect of this film is the in-depth exploration and impact of relationships between fathers and daughters. At its heart is an encounter with Jesus &#8211; the perfect Heavenly Father who calls His daughters by name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dad never told me that I was pretty,&#8221; says one woman in the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another says, &#8220;My dad never told me that I was special or important. He didn&#8217;t know me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t remember a church my dad ever pastored at that he didn&#8217;t have a girlfriend,&#8221; comedian Chonda Pierce says in the new Christian documentary.<\/p>\n<p>The movie follows the success of 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Show me the Father,&#8221; which focused on the importance of fatherhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Director Rick Altizer said after his involvement in that Kendrick brother&#8217;s production, he felt compelled to help women who experienced absent, broken, or distant relationships with their dads.<\/p>\n<p>Altizer told CBN News, &#8220;The Spirit just made it clear that I am to make this film for women, that I&#8217;m to do this, and I&#8217;m going, &#8216;But I&#8217;m a dude. Why would you call me to do this?&#8217; And I, I&#8217;ve again heard the Holy Spirit just say, &#8216;I&#8217;ve given you everything you need, just do it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A diverse range of voices share their personal journeys, including Pierce and Lynsi Snyder, owner of In and Out Burger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dad, as soon as he was out of my life, there was this gaping wound,&#8221; said Snyder.<\/p>\n<p>Actress BJ Arnett says in the film, &#8220;All I wanted was for my daddy, was for my daddy to say that I was his.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dad threw my head into the table and broke my nose,&#8221; said Dee Dee Mayer.<\/p>\n<p>Author and parenting expert Dr. Meg Meeker said, &#8220;Many women who have the father hole in them don&#8217;t necessarily know it. They know that something deep hurts but they don&#8217;t know what it is. The truth is, every daughter needs affirmation from her dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many women, even those who are in the church, can relate to growing up without a dad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made this film for a Christian woman who goes to church, she&#8217;s on the worship team, she goes to the women&#8217;s conferences, she gets the books, the curriculum books, she goes to the Bible study, she does all these things, and the pain&#8217;s still there,&#8221; Altizer said.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The movie tells how some women feel like they can connect to Jesus as a man, but not to God as a father. To help with that, viewers can obtain access to a six-week study guide to continue the healing process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;ve named it. Now let&#8217;s talk about it. Let&#8217;s get some help. Let&#8217;s go to counseling, let&#8217;s discuss this and start seeing how I need to now start seeing God as my perfect Heavenly Father who loves me perfectly, not like my earthly father,&#8221; Altizer said.<\/p>\n<p>Chonda Pierce said, &#8220;A heavenly father changes everything (wiping tears) I needed to remember that today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He Calls Me Daughter&#8221; will be in theaters March 17 and 18th. To find out where you can see it, go to the website hecallsmedaughter.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new faith-based film is shedding light on the emotional pain that can result from broken father-daughter relationships. \u00a0&#8220;He Calls Me Daughter&#8221;\u00a0features firsthand stories of healing through the love of our Heavenly Father. \u00a0 A unique aspect of this film is the in-depth exploration and impact of relationships between fathers and daughters. 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