A chance encounter, a heartfelt story, and a reminder of how Shepherd blesses so many lives
Beth Brown was with her family at dinner recently at a Cracker Barrel...
Shepherd Community receives grant from Valinhos Foundation to foster mental health services for families
Shepherd Community Center has received a grant from the Valinhos...
A chance encounter, a heartfelt story, and a reminder of how Shepherd blesses so many lives
Beth Brown was with her family at dinner recently at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Greenfield when a waitress approached their table with a question – and a story to tell. Brown, the assistant principal of Shepherd Academy, was wearing a Shepherd Community T-shirt. And the waitress asked her if she worked at Shepherd. Brown said yes, and the...
Podcasts
Summertime, and the living is hard: How Shepherd is helping families meet kids’ needs
Executive Director Jay Height discusses how Shepherd Community Center is helping...
How Medicaid and food stamps will affect people living in poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how cuts to social...
How Christians can handle political tensions with love and kindness
Shepherd Community Center’s Chief Learning Officer Tim Streett and Redeemer Presbyterian...
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...
A chance encounter, a heartfelt story, and a reminder of how Shepherd blesses so many lives
Beth Brown was with her family at dinner recently at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Greenfield when a waitress approached their table with a question – and a story to tell. Brown, the assistant principal of Shepherd Academy, was wearing a...
A chance encounter, a heartfelt story, and a reminder of how Shepherd blesses so many lives
Beth Brown was with her family at dinner recently at a Cracker Barrel...
Shepherd Community receives grant from Valinhos Foundation to foster mental health services for families
Shepherd Community Center has received a grant from the Valinhos...
Podcasts
Summertime, and the living is hard: How Shepherd is helping families meet kids’ needs
Executive Director Jay Height discusses how Shepherd Community Center is helping...
How Medicaid and food stamps will affect people living in poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how cuts to social...
How Christians can handle political tensions with love and kindness
Shepherd Community Center’s Chief Learning Officer Tim Streett and Redeemer Presbyterian...
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...