“Blue Like Jazz” – part 2

I am posting some of the ideas I’m reading in the Donald Miller book “Blue Like Jazz”.    I am curious to hear your thoughts on these concepts:

Early in the book, Donald brings up the practice of calling God, “Father”.   Donald proposes the idea that our American culture has done a fairly good job of degrading the definition of “Father”, and that there may be many who are now turned off by the term.   As a result of broken families or other unpleasant scenarios, the idea of a “Father” no longer holds a positive reflection.   

Now, although I would stand up for the Christian Bible clearing defining God in the “Father” role, I can see how there may be many who would not want to affiliate themselves with a “Father”.        We may not know many personally who would fall into this category, but there may be more “out there” than we would like to believe.

This type of perspective on our corrupt culture can actually help Christians to think about how our words may be misinterpreted.    We may be throwing around Christian vocabulary, without realizing how the terms may be compromising our witness.   

I am not sure how much I agree with the concept, but I do like the fact that it may make us stop and think for a moment about the words we are using and how they could be interpreted.    It’s never a bad thing to take extra time to think before we speak.

Thoughts?