‘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 blessed this college student as a child. Now, he’s blessing other kids at Shepherd.
Gabe Short had just finished speaking at a community event in December in...
‘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 from the Greenwood Fire Department. It wasn’t in Shepherd Community Center’s target area for assisting neighbors. And it wasn’t even in Marion County. But Shane Hardwick, a member of Shepherd’s Shalom Project team and a lieutenant of special operations with Indianapolis...
Podcasts
Happy New Year! Here’s what lies ahead for Shepherd in 2025
Executive Director Jay Height discusses plans to celebrate Shepherd Community Center’s...
Gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ grew in 2024
Executive Director Jay Height reviews the triumphs and challenges of 2024, including an...
How you can help Shepherd celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas
Executive Director Jay Height discusses opportunities to serve as Shepherd prepares to...
Columns by Jay
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...
Why loving your neighbors is the secret to a happy and healthy life
In 1938, researchers at Harvard University asked a vital question that remains highly relevant 85 years later: What are the factors that determine if a person leads a healthy and happy life? To find answers, the researchers began a long-term study involving 268 Harvard sophomores, whose ranks included a future president, John F. Kennedy. Eventually, the participants’ spouses and children were added to the study, which continues to this day. What did the scientists determine, after eight...
‘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 from the Greenwood Fire Department. It wasn’t in Shepherd Community Center’s target area for assisting neighbors. And it wasn’t even in Marion County. But Shane...
‘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 blessed this college student as a child. Now, he’s blessing other kids at Shepherd.
Gabe Short had just finished speaking at a community event in December in...
Podcasts
Happy New Year! Here’s what lies ahead for Shepherd in 2025
Executive Director Jay Height discusses plans to celebrate Shepherd Community Center’s...
Gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ grew in 2024
Executive Director Jay Height reviews the triumphs and challenges of 2024, including an...
How you can help Shepherd celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas
Executive Director Jay Height discusses opportunities to serve as Shepherd prepares to...
Columns by Jay
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...
Why loving your neighbors is the secret to a happy and healthy life
In 1938, researchers at Harvard University asked a vital question that remains highly relevant 85 years later: What are the factors that determine if a person leads a healthy and happy life? To find answers, the researchers began a long-term study involving 268 Harvard sophomores, whose ranks included a future president, John F. Kennedy. Eventually, the participants’ spouses and children were added to the study, which continues to this day. What did the scientists determine, after eight...