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Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness
A personal story of learning to trust our heavenly Father when you feel your earthly father has let you down.Blair Linne’s personal story of growing up without a father at home reflects the experiences of millions. She weaves her personal story with thoughtful theological reflection, inviting readers to learn from God what "father" really means and to trust him, even if they feel their earthly father has let them down.This book will help readers to shift their eyes from what they do not have in their earthly fathers (who, whether present or absent, loving or the opposite, can never be perfect) to what they do have in their eternal Father, who will never disappoint, reject or abandon them.Readers will see that the gospel promises not just forgiveness but also a place in God's family, experienced in a local church, where they can enjoy the fullness of his fatherly joy, care, wisdom, provision, protection and security.Also includes a chapter by Blair’s husband, the Christian hip-hop artist Shai, on his own story of fatherlessness and faith.
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Published October 1, 2021
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September 12, 2021
My endorsement:
“On one level, I cannot relate to this book. My dad was the best man at my wedding. On a deeper level, though, I certainly can. Blair Linne and I share the same heavenly Father, so we have far more in common than earthly indicators would suggest. Even the best dads, after all, only dimly reflect the Lord of love. If you are a victim of fatherlessness—whether his absence was physical or relational—this book will be a balm for your soul. Most important, it will crystallize your view of the greatest Father, who turned your criminal trial into an adoption ceremony and has never regretted making you his.”
“On one level, I cannot relate to this book. My dad was the best man at my wedding. On a deeper level, though, I certainly can. Blair Linne and I share the same heavenly Father, so we have far more in common than earthly indicators would suggest. Even the best dads, after all, only dimly reflect the Lord of love. If you are a victim of fatherlessness—whether his absence was physical or relational—this book will be a balm for your soul. Most important, it will crystallize your view of the greatest Father, who turned your criminal trial into an adoption ceremony and has never regretted making you his.”
January 21, 2022
Blair Linne gives a transformational take on how God tangibly Fathers the fatherless. How he Fathers us all through his word and the church. There is richness in salvation as we are added into a new family. We indeed are children of God with brothers and sisters, spiritual mothers and FATHERS who can walk through life alongside us. And how much greater is a spiritual family than an earthly one? We get to spend eternity together! Thank you Jesus for this gift! This book has positively shifted my perspective and view of my self worth, as a woman whose father was absent for most of her life and then passed away in March 2021. You can say this book was timely for me. Definitely was a healing experience to read through Blair’s memoir and to constantly be reminded of the truth of the Gospel and the goodness of God- our Father who will never leave us or forsake us. It only took me 2 months to read because I digested every page so deeply. I could have finished it in one day as it is thought provoking and tells a story of Blair’s journey of finding her eternal Father with a surprising twist midway through.
August 6, 2024
Finding My Father is a beautiful exploration of the pain of fatherlessness, and the journey to discovering God’s role as the ultimate and perfect father.
Blair’s writing is poetic and artistic without being flowery. I loved the chapter by her husband Shai, and their goal to create healthy and biblical examples of parenthood to their own children.
Even though my earthly father is present in my life, I gleaned so much from the biblical principles presented in this book. I think anyone could benefit from the themes of forgiveness and mercy, and our Lords role as a Father.
Blair’s writing is poetic and artistic without being flowery. I loved the chapter by her husband Shai, and their goal to create healthy and biblical examples of parenthood to their own children.
Even though my earthly father is present in my life, I gleaned so much from the biblical principles presented in this book. I think anyone could benefit from the themes of forgiveness and mercy, and our Lords role as a Father.
October 18, 2022
Everyone should read this. Not only does it walk you through how to approach fatherlessness with the Gospel, but it more importantly teaches you about God’s Fatherly role he holds in our lives. Read it and you will learn so much.
April 19, 2024
It took me way too long to realize that Blair Linne is Shia Linne's wife. *insert face palm* Once I made the connection, I checked Blair's book out and began reading.
A brief summary... Blair begins the book with her childhood, growing up without knowing her true father and being raised by a single mother. She describes the affect fatherlessness has on children and on communities. The first several chapters were emotional and sobering as she recounts not only her experience, but the overall "norm" associated with fatherlessness. Things like 71% of High School dropouts come from fatherless homes, 85% of youth in prisons come from fatherless homes, 63% of youth suicides come from fatherless homes, 71% of pregnant teenagers come from fatherless homes... on and on it goes, and the cycle remains until someone decides to break it. This is unfortunately a common problem. I so appreciated Blair's vulnerability and honesty here.
After giving us her back story, she writes about her salvation and how understanding God as the ultimate Father healed the wounds created by the absence of her earthly father.
One of my favorite chapters was the chapter Shai Linne writes himself, "Becoming the Dad I Never Knew." In it, he describes his life without his dad present, and how the gospel not only transformed his life, but taught him how to grow into a father who reflects his Heavenly Father.
This is an easy, Biblically solid book that is so needed in a world with so much pain caused by broken homes.
A brief summary... Blair begins the book with her childhood, growing up without knowing her true father and being raised by a single mother. She describes the affect fatherlessness has on children and on communities. The first several chapters were emotional and sobering as she recounts not only her experience, but the overall "norm" associated with fatherlessness. Things like 71% of High School dropouts come from fatherless homes, 85% of youth in prisons come from fatherless homes, 63% of youth suicides come from fatherless homes, 71% of pregnant teenagers come from fatherless homes... on and on it goes, and the cycle remains until someone decides to break it. This is unfortunately a common problem. I so appreciated Blair's vulnerability and honesty here.
After giving us her back story, she writes about her salvation and how understanding God as the ultimate Father healed the wounds created by the absence of her earthly father.
One of my favorite chapters was the chapter Shai Linne writes himself, "Becoming the Dad I Never Knew." In it, he describes his life without his dad present, and how the gospel not only transformed his life, but taught him how to grow into a father who reflects his Heavenly Father.
This is an easy, Biblically solid book that is so needed in a world with so much pain caused by broken homes.
May 6, 2022
There’s some really good stuff here, but also a lot of stuff that you frequently hear on this topic. The most impactful parts come from hearing Blair and Shai’s stories and how God used and is using them despite their painful past and the beautiful role the church, as an out working of God’s grace, played in their lives as they navigated childhoods of fatherlessness and those consequences. Overall helpful and impactful.
June 17, 2022
Beautifully written and filled with so much hope for the brokenness many face this side of heaven. Sweet reflections on the fatherhood of God and the gift of his church. Loved this read!
October 8, 2021
In this powerful memoir, Blair Linne writes about her experiences with fatherlessness, sharing about how deeply it impacted her to grow up without a dad in the home. As she writes about her childhood, teenage years, and adult life thus far, she shares about the deep, multifaceted impacts of her family situation, and she notes ways that her life fulfilled common statistical outcomes for fatherless children without her even knowing it at the time. She writes with compassion and care, never villainizing any of the adults in her life, but she gives readers an honest look at the struggles that she faced in the absence of a father who was there in the home, experienced life with her, and provided protections and supports that she didn't even know how to name or ask for.
Linne acknowledges that as a child, she knew that some fathers were abusive or disengaged. Still, she longed for the kind of fatherhood she understood as an ideal, and she writes about the ways that she ultimately found that in God, despite the shortcomings of the men in her life. Although people often refer to God as someone's heavenly father in a trite way intended to smooth over negative emotions, Linne gives readers a deep sense of how God met her in the midst of her pain, changed her understanding of what a father could be, and gave her the kind of love, belonging, and wholeness that she had always been looking for.
Finding My Father is a deeply moving memoir with unexpected twists and turns. I found it very affecting, and appreciate how well Linne wove social and theological reflections into her story, sharing information about the various, complicated causes of fatherlessness and about how the gospel transformed her experience. She also shares advice for other women and girls in her situation, and includes a chapter written by her husband, Shai Linne, to give a sense of the impact that his fatherless upbringing had on his life. Both husband and wife reflect on the process of breaking generational cycles in their own young family, and their reflections can encourage people in similar situations and help people from other family backgrounds better sympathize with the struggles that others face.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Linne acknowledges that as a child, she knew that some fathers were abusive or disengaged. Still, she longed for the kind of fatherhood she understood as an ideal, and she writes about the ways that she ultimately found that in God, despite the shortcomings of the men in her life. Although people often refer to God as someone's heavenly father in a trite way intended to smooth over negative emotions, Linne gives readers a deep sense of how God met her in the midst of her pain, changed her understanding of what a father could be, and gave her the kind of love, belonging, and wholeness that she had always been looking for.
Finding My Father is a deeply moving memoir with unexpected twists and turns. I found it very affecting, and appreciate how well Linne wove social and theological reflections into her story, sharing information about the various, complicated causes of fatherlessness and about how the gospel transformed her experience. She also shares advice for other women and girls in her situation, and includes a chapter written by her husband, Shai Linne, to give a sense of the impact that his fatherless upbringing had on his life. Both husband and wife reflect on the process of breaking generational cycles in their own young family, and their reflections can encourage people in similar situations and help people from other family backgrounds better sympathize with the struggles that others face.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
March 29, 2022
I'm torn on this one. It started off really gripping, very poetic, there were a few twists in there that I just didn't see coming. It was vulnerable, and even if our experiences of fatherlessness are very different, I could still get it. But somewhere halfway through, I felt like there was an abrupt change from her life to straight up doctrine, and that left some pretty major gaps in the story. I kept wondering if I'd somehow missed a major chunk of book, it was so jarring a change.
This would probably be useful to go through with someone, slowly. She has fought for her peace, but some of the Gospel truths she states are put in such a way as to want to Will Smith Slap her editor. Example: any statement that can be summed up with, maybe you don't have an earthly father for *insert sanctifying reason*. It was meant to sings songs to a heavy heart, but it ended up being like one who takes off a garment on a cold day (Proverbs 25:20).
This would probably be useful to go through with someone, slowly. She has fought for her peace, but some of the Gospel truths she states are put in such a way as to want to Will Smith Slap her editor. Example: any statement that can be summed up with, maybe you don't have an earthly father for *insert sanctifying reason*. It was meant to sings songs to a heavy heart, but it ended up being like one who takes off a garment on a cold day (Proverbs 25:20).
November 8, 2021
I thought this book was so good. Being a daughter of a father that abandoned her, I sometimes tend to look at God the way I would my earthly father. This book brought so much understanding of how important it is for fathers to be in their daughter/son lives. That when our earthly father rejects us that it can have some damaging affect. But as the book brought out we can look and finding our true Father. She also brought out many things that happened as to why Fathers were not in the home. Some historical information where the fathers were basically pushed out of the homes by the government. I highly recommend this book to those who have experienced this.
October 22, 2021
Accessible, engaging, and thought-provoking. I read it in two sittings and enjoyed more or less swallowing it whole. An important read for those of us who grew up with stable family lives and the presence of both parents to learn the experiences and impact of those whose life situations were different. We all need each other's perspectives.
November 18, 2021
Blair has a gift with words. I found myself turning pages, lost in the story and grateful for the many ways she points the reader to our heavenly father. Intertwined with her own story, Blair brings to light the "Father-ness" of God. Anyone--those with or without an earthly father--will find this book helpful, encouraging, and leaving with a greater view of God. I highly recommend!
March 29, 2022
An engaging, helpful, insightful, encouraging read on fatherlessness. There are treasures in here for everyone. The book is biographical and theological in nature and it kept me hooked to the very end. Blaire is an excellent writer and her insights into this topic were so helpful!
October 16, 2021
This is excellent. I could have used this book in high school. It will take a while to process and I have learned a lot.
February 4, 2022
Extremely well written by a spoken word poet. Highly recommended to anyone who relates to the title.
July 26, 2022
Very well written and a rich read. While my experience of fatherlessness is different than that of the author’s, it is still enlightening to hear of another’s perspective. This book challenges the reader to love and forgive their earthly father, whether or not they are in their life, while looking to the heavenly Father who is the only one who will always be present and bring the healing we need. Considering about one in four people consider themselves fatherless, this book should be on the shelves of many.
July 16, 2025
Two “Linne’s” in three days. Blair Linne gives a wonderful picture of a girl, turned woman, who deeply felt the absence of a father, but found her true Abba, father, in God.
Blair’s deep, abiding reliance on and reference to the Bible is inspiring. Her ability to express her trials and tribulations, growing up fatherless, through a biblical lens is equally inspiring.
This is not a “woe is me” story. This is a “Great is our God” truth. Well done, Blair
As a final aside, I listened to this, read by the author. Totally worth hearing it in her own voice.
Blair’s deep, abiding reliance on and reference to the Bible is inspiring. Her ability to express her trials and tribulations, growing up fatherless, through a biblical lens is equally inspiring.
This is not a “woe is me” story. This is a “Great is our God” truth. Well done, Blair
As a final aside, I listened to this, read by the author. Totally worth hearing it in her own voice.
September 8, 2022
I really enjoyed listening to this book on audible (read by the author). Blaire’s story is raw and encouraging, and her poetry background really shines through in her writing. The book ends up touching on about every part of the Christian life.
November 14, 2023
I'd rather say 3.5 but half stars aren't options so I'm giving a 4. I think if I had read this book 10 years ago as I was starting my own healing journey, this book would have hit more deeply and meaningfully, but as it is, I didn't walk away with a lot of new insight or understanding at this point in my life.
August 27, 2025
Though Blair and I grew up in the same era, we have very different stories. This is one of the major reasons why I’m so glad I read this book! Rather than rant and rage against the injustice of her fatherlessness, Blair wisely turns to the truth of who God is and her spiritual family, the local church, for the solution. I found her humility and graciousness refreshing and that much more inspiring to me to respond in love to those in my church who also struggle with fatherlessness.
September 28, 2022
Interesting book about fathers and the ultimate Father.
June 25, 2025
What a beautiful book. Blair does an incredible job pointing the reader to the Gospel at every possible opportunity. Her meditations on identity, marriage, motherhood, fatherhood, singleness, and the church are all rooted in Jesus. This book is not just for those who grew up without a father, it is for all who want to grow in their reliance on and love for their Heavenly Father.
October 18, 2021
What does the Christian faith say about absent fathers? In Finding My Father, Blair Linne helps us see how the gospel heals the pain of fatherlessness.
Compelling and Courageous
By sharing her story, Linne allows us to journey with her as she learned to navigate the feelings and findings of fatherlessness. It is a story of self-discovery, but also a story of her finding a Savior. I was captivated by her writing, and extremely encouraged by her faith.
There is a twist in her tale that caught me off-guard. I will not spoil it here in this review, but it is safe to say that there is still more to her story. Nevertheless, what she has already lived through is compelling and courageous. My eyes were opened and my heart was moved.
Marriage, Family, and the Church
Linne does not leave out God and the gospel in this book. I would actually consider it an excellent introduction to a theology of God as our Heavenly Father and the earthly station of fatherhood. Linne shares concise and clear Biblical wisdom and practicality in regards to marriage, family, and the church. Adoption is championed as what keeps the Christian’s heart pumping.
As a spoken word artist, this book proves that Linne works wonders in writing. There is a cohesion and flow that can only come from a true poet. Her husband, rapper Shai Linne, contributes a chapter on Becoming the Dad I Never Knew. This is a book that demands and earns your attention.
Sheep and Sons
What impacted me the most was Linne’s repeated refrain of “living out” what is known to be statistically true. Fathers are important. Fathers are irreplaceable. I am resolved to be a faithful father to my children. I am resolved to be a loving husband. And I pray that I will best reflect our Heavenly Father, who finds lost sheep and calls them his sons.
I received a media copy of Finding My Father and this is my honest review.
Compelling and Courageous
By sharing her story, Linne allows us to journey with her as she learned to navigate the feelings and findings of fatherlessness. It is a story of self-discovery, but also a story of her finding a Savior. I was captivated by her writing, and extremely encouraged by her faith.
There is a twist in her tale that caught me off-guard. I will not spoil it here in this review, but it is safe to say that there is still more to her story. Nevertheless, what she has already lived through is compelling and courageous. My eyes were opened and my heart was moved.
Marriage, Family, and the Church
Linne does not leave out God and the gospel in this book. I would actually consider it an excellent introduction to a theology of God as our Heavenly Father and the earthly station of fatherhood. Linne shares concise and clear Biblical wisdom and practicality in regards to marriage, family, and the church. Adoption is championed as what keeps the Christian’s heart pumping.
As a spoken word artist, this book proves that Linne works wonders in writing. There is a cohesion and flow that can only come from a true poet. Her husband, rapper Shai Linne, contributes a chapter on Becoming the Dad I Never Knew. This is a book that demands and earns your attention.
Sheep and Sons
What impacted me the most was Linne’s repeated refrain of “living out” what is known to be statistically true. Fathers are important. Fathers are irreplaceable. I am resolved to be a faithful father to my children. I am resolved to be a loving husband. And I pray that I will best reflect our Heavenly Father, who finds lost sheep and calls them his sons.
I received a media copy of Finding My Father and this is my honest review.
December 24, 2021
I read this book one chapter at a time and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is superb. Blair Linne’s gift as writer is stunning and I loved sensing her spoken word seeping through the pages at times. This book is a important read for many people: those who never had a father present, those with crappy fathers, those who counsel, those who love people (adults and children) who have lacking fathers, those who shepherd souls, those who parent. In sum, everyone. Add this to your lists.
July 27, 2024
4.5 stars.
I listened to this book on hoopla, and was grateful that the narrator is the author herself - who is a speaker and poet and so has the perfect voice to tell her story) - and that the one Chapter written by her husband is narrated by him.
Whether you have a good relationship with your father or are estranged from him - or anything in between - this book is an important read for anyone in the Family of the Lord. Contemplating and processing what human fatherhood means, and what God’s fatherhood means in the Body of Christ, is essential if we are to more deeply and confidently know our God, and understand what it means that some in Christ’s family have never experienced what it means to have a good father (or a Good Father).
I loved the format of this book. She tells her own story piece by piece, honestly, with integrity, without self-pity. Interspersed are reflections, challenges and biblically sound teaching about God as Father and His sufficiency to provide for those who have absent or ungodly earthly fathers. She and her husband also open the doors of their home and share their own parenting experiences and advice given their own lack of fathers growing up. But never is this with legalism or pride - but instead with grace and joy and wonder that God can provide what is needed in their home and in their parenting in spite of what was missing in their upbringing.
She uses Scripture wisely and faithfully, and always points to the Lord as Father and Savior. She speaks openly to the Church about how to minister to those who haven’t experienced healthy father relationships in their biological families. Most of all, she speaks with the joy and hope and humility and worship of a woman who knows her Heavenly Father, and has flourished as His daughter as she’s grown closer to Him.
Recommended to every believer.
I listened to this book on hoopla, and was grateful that the narrator is the author herself - who is a speaker and poet and so has the perfect voice to tell her story) - and that the one Chapter written by her husband is narrated by him.
Whether you have a good relationship with your father or are estranged from him - or anything in between - this book is an important read for anyone in the Family of the Lord. Contemplating and processing what human fatherhood means, and what God’s fatherhood means in the Body of Christ, is essential if we are to more deeply and confidently know our God, and understand what it means that some in Christ’s family have never experienced what it means to have a good father (or a Good Father).
I loved the format of this book. She tells her own story piece by piece, honestly, with integrity, without self-pity. Interspersed are reflections, challenges and biblically sound teaching about God as Father and His sufficiency to provide for those who have absent or ungodly earthly fathers. She and her husband also open the doors of their home and share their own parenting experiences and advice given their own lack of fathers growing up. But never is this with legalism or pride - but instead with grace and joy and wonder that God can provide what is needed in their home and in their parenting in spite of what was missing in their upbringing.
She uses Scripture wisely and faithfully, and always points to the Lord as Father and Savior. She speaks openly to the Church about how to minister to those who haven’t experienced healthy father relationships in their biological families. Most of all, she speaks with the joy and hope and humility and worship of a woman who knows her Heavenly Father, and has flourished as His daughter as she’s grown closer to Him.
Recommended to every believer.
October 26, 2021
Many of us who come to the faith are drawn to particular attributes of God based on our own experiences and needs. For Christian spoken word artist Blair Linne, the paternal nature of God is particularly captivating and wondrous. Her new book, “Finding My Father” candidly takes us through her troubled upbringing, and how fatherlessness caused her to wrestle with feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, betrayal. Yet, by enduring this trial, she has been able to appreciate more acutely the steadfastness of God as her Heavenly Father.
The book presents a refreshing case for the value of fatherhood. Contrary to what today’s culture would have us believe, fathers are essential, and have much to bring to the table that cannot always be fulfilled by a single mother. A male presence in the home provides security, stability, leadership and moral example and, in a Christian context, a glimpse of a more perfect Father. However, Linne rightly points out a necessary caveat – the mere presence of a biological father in the home doesn’t necessarily solve all its problems. It is a calling with tremendous responsibility both practical and spiritual, that needs to be fulfilled.
Finding my Father has much more to discuss on this weighty topic, including the importance of finding a family in the local church, the power of the Gospel in breaking the chains of generational hurt and what it means to have God as our loving Father. People will relate to this book differently (I.e. some will find it a useful tool for counseling, while others will be more encouraged to display God in their role as Father). On the whole, I think all of us that know God can benefit from that eternal truth found within this short book.
The book presents a refreshing case for the value of fatherhood. Contrary to what today’s culture would have us believe, fathers are essential, and have much to bring to the table that cannot always be fulfilled by a single mother. A male presence in the home provides security, stability, leadership and moral example and, in a Christian context, a glimpse of a more perfect Father. However, Linne rightly points out a necessary caveat – the mere presence of a biological father in the home doesn’t necessarily solve all its problems. It is a calling with tremendous responsibility both practical and spiritual, that needs to be fulfilled.
Finding my Father has much more to discuss on this weighty topic, including the importance of finding a family in the local church, the power of the Gospel in breaking the chains of generational hurt and what it means to have God as our loving Father. People will relate to this book differently (I.e. some will find it a useful tool for counseling, while others will be more encouraged to display God in their role as Father). On the whole, I think all of us that know God can benefit from that eternal truth found within this short book.
May 29, 2024
The sad reality in churches up and down the country today is that there are simply more Mums than Dads. That’s not just because the Dads are at home on a Sunday, often it’s because they are almost completely absent from their children’s lives. Many people in the church are aware of the challenges that fatherlessness presents and we earnestly want to help, but because it isn’t our lived experience, we struggle to grasp the full breadth of the practical, emotional, and spiritual impacts on a person.
In this brilliant and engaging book, Blair Linne tells us the story of how the good news of Jesus transformed her life and spoke into the struggles of growing up without a father, showing her that the things she desired are ultimately found in God THE Father. While there is much that is helpfully honest and biographical, Blair does an exceptional job of weaving her story together with theological truth and biblical wisdom, so that people with all kinds of family backgrounds can have a better appreciation for the fatherhood of God, and the part that God has called them to play in the care of the fatherless through the local church. In addition to all this, the chapter written by Blair’s husband Shai provides a further perspective and helps to tackle the challenges of a father who is looking to be the role model that he never had.
I don’t know why this book didn’t seem to get much of a plug in the church circles I move in when it was released in 2021, but I can honestly say that for anyone who is grappling with this issue for themselves or is seeking to understand the struggle that others face in order to serve them better this book is very well worth reading.
In this brilliant and engaging book, Blair Linne tells us the story of how the good news of Jesus transformed her life and spoke into the struggles of growing up without a father, showing her that the things she desired are ultimately found in God THE Father. While there is much that is helpfully honest and biographical, Blair does an exceptional job of weaving her story together with theological truth and biblical wisdom, so that people with all kinds of family backgrounds can have a better appreciation for the fatherhood of God, and the part that God has called them to play in the care of the fatherless through the local church. In addition to all this, the chapter written by Blair’s husband Shai provides a further perspective and helps to tackle the challenges of a father who is looking to be the role model that he never had.
I don’t know why this book didn’t seem to get much of a plug in the church circles I move in when it was released in 2021, but I can honestly say that for anyone who is grappling with this issue for themselves or is seeking to understand the struggle that others face in order to serve them better this book is very well worth reading.
July 2, 2023
This is a must read book- not just for those who grew up without an earthly father, but especially for those who did. Fatherlessness is a growing epidemic in this country and affects all races and ethnicities (including white), but seems to disproportionately affect those in poverty from single parent households where one parent has to provide for the needs of the children. Fatherlessness transcends the boundaries of ethnicities and affects us all. This book particularly helps those who had a father to thoroughly understand the plight and struggles of those who did not. This, they will be better equipped on how to love these fatherless children and adults well. And this is so important for the spiritual health of the body of Christ - our church family, with God as our Heavenly Father who will never ever leave us nor forsake us and who is preparing for us a forever home for us in heaven one day. In this book, you will truly savor the character and grace of God! A great gift to buy for a friend!
October 19, 2022
I read this because I love her husband's music and her poetry. This is a short book with a powerful message that extends to the brokenness of families because of sin. The tragedy of fatherlessness is especially prevalent in places of generational lack and there are painful consequences that extend into adulthood, especially in how God is perceived as heavenly Father.
The author divides the book into 9 chapters that include hers and her husband's story. I appreciated her insight and how she continually drew the attention to God's transforming grace in spite of her past. This is the power of the gospel in redemption.
I also found it helpful that she emphasizes the role of the local church in being spiritual "fathers" and "mothers" to one another because of this reality. Christians who are raised in broken homes and then born again are seeing family life in its rightful context for the first time. They need help navigating the past with God's word.
The author divides the book into 9 chapters that include hers and her husband's story. I appreciated her insight and how she continually drew the attention to God's transforming grace in spite of her past. This is the power of the gospel in redemption.
I also found it helpful that she emphasizes the role of the local church in being spiritual "fathers" and "mothers" to one another because of this reality. Christians who are raised in broken homes and then born again are seeing family life in its rightful context for the first time. They need help navigating the past with God's word.
January 22, 2024
Whew. What a read. Not only does Blair Linne validate the experience of fatherlessness shared by so many, but she doesn’t leave you to sit in that pity party. This book was both encouraging and convicting; while I felt a comforting solidarity in similar experiences as Linne divulges her own story, I also felt the “up and at ’em!” The “don’t stop there!” She encourages readers to first find hope and satisfaction in the perfect Heavenly Father accessible to all, then to address the trauma, stop defining ourselves by our fatherlessness, move forward in reconciliation with earthly fathers as much as possible, and be intentional about breaking the generational cycle of fatherlessness. Linne has a wonderful way with words and a powerful testimony that proclaims God’s goodness and sovereignty over all.
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