Rick Altizer | on fathers’ impact on their daughters’ lives.

In this interview, Spencer Dalke talks with filmmaker Rick Altizer about his documentary, He Calls Me Daughter, and the deep spiritual impact of what he calls the “father wound.” Building on his earlier work with the Kendrick Brothers, Altizer shares how God led him to create a film specifically for women struggling to connect emotionally with God due to broken or absent relationships with their earthly fathers. The conversation explores how these wounds often shape identity, self-worth, and even one’s ability to trust God, as many unknowingly project their experiences with earthly fathers onto their view of a heavenly one. Altizer emphasizes that the gospel offers healing by restoring identity as beloved sons and daughters, not based on performance but on Christ’s finished work. He also challenges fathers to model humility, repentance, and love while pointing their children to the perfect Father, highlighting that even painful circumstances and closed doors can become instruments of God’s guidance and grace.  “We project onto our Father God traits of our earthly dad. If my father lied to me constantly, I will project that onto God and it’ll be difficult for me to trust God.”  “Try to wrap your head around that. Your perfect heavenly Father has the same love for you that he has for his son, Jesus.”  “What I would say to men is there’s one perfect Father. There’s only one, and you’re not him. Our job is to lead our sons and daughters to the perfect Father. That’s our job.”  Featured work: He Calls Me Daughter  Connect with Rick Altizer at HeCallsMeDaughter.org or Facebook.  For more faith-filled, Gospel-centered content, download the Pilgrim Radio app today on Google Play and Apple, or stream at PilgrimRadio.com.