Lindsay Lohan's Father Michael Hopes for 'Redemption'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Michael Lohan wants to patch things up with his family.
"Reconciliation and redemption — across the board," says Lohan, a born-again Christian. "Just all of us getting right with God."
Lohan's 21-year-old daughter Lindsay, star of "Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday" and other films, has said that her father's behavior and her parents' divorce have caused her to act out.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Michael and estranged wife Dina Lohan settled their long-simmering divorce in August, months after he left a New York state prison where he served almost two years for drunken driving and other charges.
He reunited with Lindsay in September after a 3 1/2-year estrangement. She had entered a drug and alcohol treatment center the previous month after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges.
Lohan's visit to the Cirque Lodge in Utah was her third trip to rehab since January, a frenetic year in which she wrecked a Mercedes-Benz, released the box-office flop "I Know Who Killed Me" and was arrested more than once. She left the center earlier this month.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Does Lohan blame himself for Lindsay's troubles?
"Absolutely. How can I not? I mean, we lead by example," Lohan said in an interview Wednesday with AP Television News.
He entered a Christian-based drug and rehabilitation center in West Babylon, N.Y., after he was released from prison in March. Lohan had repeatedly said Lindsay needed the same kind of treatment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I made a commitment when I was in there to God and to myself that, when I got out, I was going to do God's work, and I was going to share with other people what I've been through and how God changed my life," Lohan said.
He is now a spokesman for GodMen, which holds events designed to help Christian men renew their faith.
Lohan said he doesn't care if people question the sincerity of his religious convictions.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I've had such an effect on my family and my daughter Lindsay, and I want to show them through my example that you can right the wrongs and turn it around," he said.
Lohan added: "And I hope that the grace that has been given to me can work through my family, and that we can come back to that same place in our hearts."