This is an excellent book that delves into pointing out just how important a role fathers play--and the brokenness that can develop if their places are left empty (for whatever reason). Finch doesn't leave you there, though. He points the reader to how the Lord steps into that role--whether you have had an excellent earthly father or a less than stellar one. He points to freedom and courage in both the emotional and the spiritual.

Fathers are important.

I had a hard time reading this title, regardless of the truth that can from it or how good the intent, because of my relationship with my father. It has been a strained relationship for a long time and for just as long it has affected not only my view of myself but my relationship with the Lord. I appreciate the truths that Finch shared.

I was really interested in reading The Father Effect. I've had a very distant relationship with my own father, and I feel like it's really affected my life in a number of ways. He left my mom while she was pregnant with me, and I didn't even meet him till I was 15. We had a relationship for several years after that but then he kind of drifted from my life again and I haven't seen him in about 8 years. He hasn't even met his fourth grandchild. I find this difficult to deal with at times and I am always interested in reading about the effect of not having a father on children, especially girls. I really enjoyed reading this book and it was very helpful and healing for me in a number of ways. Recommended.

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The Father Effect by John Finch will leave a mark on you and how you relate to dads everywhere
Posted on October 20, 2017 by thesmartcookiephiles
Maybe you don’t have a dad or never knew your birth father. Or maybe you had a father who created a distance between you and him because he chose work over you, the bottle over you, or strip clubs over you. No matter what may have gone on and what the relationship between you and your father is like, most people male or female have a father wound that not only deserves healing but needs a healing.

That’s where this book is something you must read if you truly are seeking a healing for your father wound. It will show you the perspective of a man who suffered with a father wound due to a tragically early absence, and it caused him to not even realize he was also neglecting his own three daughters.

Once he came to terms with his own father wound, he was able to properly love his family the way God intended. After all, our heavenly father is the model of the way fathers must love and lead their family.


No matter your own story, you will find pieces of it in John Finch’s own personal narrative and you will most likely shed a few tears along the way but ultimately, this book will hopefully lead you to find the overall healing we all not only deserve but so very desperately need.
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