Dan Kaschel's Articles In Parenting
February 9, 2007 by Dan Kaschel
Among all the metaphors that Christian's use to describe God, "Father" is probably the most ubiquitous. "Shepherd" may be right up there, though. Because it's so common, churches spend a lot of time explaining that metaphor, and what it means to be a father. It's no wonder, then, that almost every sermon on the topic includes a clause that sounds something like this: "Now, you may not have had the best father in the world. Maybe yours was physically or verbally abusive; maybe he was just ...