When the image of a father is shaped by absence, neglect, or dysfunction, what happens to our understanding of God?
This three-day Living Theology series is a journey into the history, the wounds, and the reimagining of fatherhood.
Together, we will explore how Scripture, especially the language of “Our Father” has shaped our image of God, and how that image meets the lived realities of fatherhood today.
Through reflection, dialogue, and engagement with Scripture, the Living Theology creates space to acknowledge both personal and collective woundedness, while opening pathways toward forgiveness, reconciliation, and integration.
We will explore fatherhood not only as a biological role, but as a social, spiritual, and communal responsibility.
What does it mean to reimagine fatherhood and our relationship with God for the next generation?
10-12 November Limpopo (Mater Dei Pastoral Centre, Mokopane)
Our Father? Shadow of the Father (Living Theology themes)
Day 1: The history of fatherhood and gendered language of the Lord’s Prayer,
Our Father
Where do our ideas of fatherhood come from? (Psychosocial reflection)
Language and the Image of God presented in the Lord’s Prayer. (Biblical text exploration)
Day 2: The impact of father absence and generational patterns
What has been broken and how do we respond? (Psychosocial reflection)
Expanding the image of God and creating pathways to reconciliation. (Biblical text exploration)
Day 3: Fatherhood beyond biology through the community of carers
Reimagining fatherhood as a social responsibility. (Psychosocial reflection)
The holy family and church as a symbol of community. (Biblical text exploration
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