The church faces a challenge of truly historic proportions Follow Us Question of the Day The Supreme Court declined to take up a case on women & the military draft. Who should have to register with the Selective Service? Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: We recently celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday, one of those unofficial “feast days” on which the Scripture readings reflect (or at least allude to) a specific theme. In this case, it was God’s love, expressed in Jesus’ shepherd-like care for his flock. As it does every year, Good Shepherd Sunday fell on the fourth Sunday of Easter, midway between Christ’s resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.