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June 19 is one of those Sundays when many North Americans celebrate a secular holiday, Father's Day, and preachers must decide how extensively -- if at all -- the holiday should affect our planning for Christian worship. In this issue of The Immediate Word, Carter Shelley raises this question and then comments on the image of fathers in the First Reading and the Gospel assigned in the lectionary. Her colleagues on the team also point out the rather striking fact that many biblical families are rather poor role models for families today, except perhaps in negative ways.
