Indiana governor honors Shepherd’s Jay Height with Sagamore of the Wabash award
Governors in Indiana recognize outstanding leaders who have made a...
‘They need a lot of help’: How Shepherd gave new hope to couple struggling with blindness and illiteracy
The call for help on behalf of an older husband and wife in need came...
Shepherd students show amazing growth in reading – then lead the school as principal for a day
In any class, 99% is an A and worthy of celebration. And that’s certainly true at Shepherd Community Academy, where 99% of students demonstrated improvement on reading and math assessments in January. To celebrate that achievement, the two students who showed the highest percentage of growth on the I-Ready Reading Diagnostic were crowned...
Podcasts
Back to the future: What a veteran pastor would tell his younger self about ministry
Executive Director Jay Height talks about key lessons he’s learned about serving in...
Why strong relationships are essential for breaking out of poverty
Executive Director Jay Height and Tim Streett, Shepherd’s chief learning officer,...
Kindness and encouragement: How 2 students found a home at Shepherd
Executive Director Jay Height talks with Purdue Polytechnic High School students about...
Columns by Jay
How you can have an encounter this year with your neighbors – and with Jesus
By Jay Height and Jeremy Height In Luke 8, we find Jesus where we often find Him in the Gospels -- on the move. And while He is on the move, Jesus has a life-changing encounter with an unnamed woman, whose issue with blood gives us a glimpse, not only of radical faith, but also of the intersection of blessing our community and bringing people to Jesus. This woman was desperate because of her illness. It would have caused her not only physical pain, but also would have made her to be considered...
Youth violence in Indianapolis defies easy answers. But I know how you can help.
I recently was sent a disturbing video of a teenager being knocked to the ground by another teen on a Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis. Several teens then surrounded the child – and yes, most teens are still children developmentally and legally – and repeatedly kicked and punched him as he wrapped his arms around his head for protection. Others in the crowd pulled out their phones to record this scene of casual violence in the heart of our city. And yet this brutal assault wasn’t close...
‘Friendship recession’ is ravaging our mental and physical health. Here’s how we fight against it together.
It’s been called the friendship recession. And it’s having devastating consequences on our emotional, mental and physical health. Recent surveys indicate that Americans have significantly fewer close friends on average and are much more likely to say they have no close friends than in previous decades. The friendship recession is so severe that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared that the surge in Americans’ loneliness and isolation is a public health crisis. In May, Murthy...
Shepherd students show amazing growth in reading – then lead the school as principal for a day
In any class, 99% is an A and worthy of celebration. And that’s certainly true at Shepherd Community Academy, where 99% of students demonstrated improvement on reading and math assessments in January. To celebrate that achievement, the...
Indiana governor honors Shepherd’s Jay Height with Sagamore of the Wabash award
Governors in Indiana recognize outstanding leaders who have made a...
‘They need a lot of help’: How Shepherd gave new hope to couple struggling with blindness and illiteracy
The call for help on behalf of an older husband and wife in need came...
Podcasts
Back to the future: What a veteran pastor would tell his younger self about ministry
Executive Director Jay Height talks about key lessons he’s learned about serving in...
Why strong relationships are essential for breaking out of poverty
Executive Director Jay Height and Tim Streett, Shepherd’s chief learning officer,...
Kindness and encouragement: How 2 students found a home at Shepherd
Executive Director Jay Height talks with Purdue Polytechnic High School students about...
Columns by Jay
How you can have an encounter this year with your neighbors – and with Jesus
By Jay Height and Jeremy Height In Luke 8, we find Jesus where we often find Him in the Gospels -- on the move. And while He is on the move, Jesus has a life-changing encounter with an unnamed woman, whose issue with blood gives us a glimpse, not only of radical faith, but also of the intersection of blessing our community and bringing people to Jesus. This woman was desperate because of her illness. It would have caused her not only physical pain, but also would have made her to be considered...
Youth violence in Indianapolis defies easy answers. But I know how you can help.
I recently was sent a disturbing video of a teenager being knocked to the ground by another teen on a Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis. Several teens then surrounded the child – and yes, most teens are still children developmentally and legally – and repeatedly kicked and punched him as he wrapped his arms around his head for protection. Others in the crowd pulled out their phones to record this scene of casual violence in the heart of our city. And yet this brutal assault wasn’t close...
‘Friendship recession’ is ravaging our mental and physical health. Here’s how we fight against it together.
It’s been called the friendship recession. And it’s having devastating consequences on our emotional, mental and physical health. Recent surveys indicate that Americans have significantly fewer close friends on average and are much more likely to say they have no close friends than in previous decades. The friendship recession is so severe that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared that the surge in Americans’ loneliness and isolation is a public health crisis. In May, Murthy...