Every kid counts: How Shepherd is investing in the lives of the next generation
From hunger to health care, childcare to school readiness, many families...
Called to serve: How former missionary Donna Alexander went from Ukraine to Indy’s near Eastside
Donna Alexander, Shepherd Community Center’s director of volunteers,...
What I’ve learned about helping neighbors as a paramedic with the Shalom Project
This article by Shalom Project team member Shane Hardwick was originally published in the September issue of Fire Engineering magazine. By Shane Hardwick I am seldom comfortable with using the words always and never, especially when it comes to public safety or human behavior. Although I cannot speak to the geography or population makeup of every...
Podcasts
Why strong relationships are essential for leaving behind poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Assistant Director Tim...
A gunman murdered his father. Then Tim Streett found the power to forgive.
Shepherd Community Center Assistant Director Tim Streett, at age 15, witnessed the...
Why personal faith is essential for escaping poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Assistant Director Tim...
Columns by Jay
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...
How do we respond as the church in America declines? Get back to the basics of being salt and light.
An important thing to remember about surveys is that one in isolation is of limited value. Are the numbers accurate? Is it showing us an anomaly, or does it signal something wider and deeper? But a cluster of surveys, pointing in the same general direction, can help us accurately identify emerging trends. And there’s little doubt that the Christian church in America is trending downward. Consider these data points: A Gallup survey in August 2019 found that only 36% of Americans said they have...
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain.
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain. The numbers just don’t add up for my neighbors. As inflation soars at the highest rate in more than 40 years, many families on the near east side of Indianapolis are struggling a bit more each month to pay the rent, feed their children, buy gas to get to work and back, and even to purchase necessities like soap and laundry detergent. One mother recently told me she now washes her family’s clothes less often at...
What I’ve learned about helping neighbors as a paramedic with the Shalom Project
This article by Shalom Project team member Shane Hardwick was originally published in the September issue of Fire Engineering magazine. By Shane Hardwick I am seldom comfortable with using the words always and never, especially when it...
Every kid counts: How Shepherd is investing in the lives of the next generation
From hunger to health care, childcare to school readiness, many families...
Called to serve: How former missionary Donna Alexander went from Ukraine to Indy’s near Eastside
Donna Alexander, Shepherd Community Center’s director of volunteers,...
Podcasts
Why strong relationships are essential for leaving behind poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Assistant Director Tim...
A gunman murdered his father. Then Tim Streett found the power to forgive.
Shepherd Community Center Assistant Director Tim Streett, at age 15, witnessed the...
Why personal faith is essential for escaping poverty
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Assistant Director Tim...
Columns by Jay
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...
How do we respond as the church in America declines? Get back to the basics of being salt and light.
An important thing to remember about surveys is that one in isolation is of limited value. Are the numbers accurate? Is it showing us an anomaly, or does it signal something wider and deeper? But a cluster of surveys, pointing in the same general direction, can help us accurately identify emerging trends. And there’s little doubt that the Christian church in America is trending downward. Consider these data points: A Gallup survey in August 2019 found that only 36% of Americans said they have...
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain.
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain. The numbers just don’t add up for my neighbors. As inflation soars at the highest rate in more than 40 years, many families on the near east side of Indianapolis are struggling a bit more each month to pay the rent, feed their children, buy gas to get to work and back, and even to purchase necessities like soap and laundry detergent. One mother recently told me she now washes her family’s clothes less often at...