‘I learned to place my life in the Lord’: How Shepherd interns grew in their faith and service
In the first of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
‘A beacon of light on the east side’: Board member Jose Juarez talks about what’s so special at Shepherd
Jose Juarez, the family and community engagement director with...
‘Resilient and determined’: Shepherd helps Tech students navigate a complex set of obstacles
Shepherd Community Center’s mission to help neighbors on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis extends well beyond its own campus. Shepherd staff and volunteers also are actively serving students at Arsenal Technical High School. We asked Phil Edwards, Shepherd’s chief engagement officer, about the work he and others are doing at the high school. 1....
Podcasts
How inflation has left lower-income workers struggling to buy groceries
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy...
Why are so many people hungry when we’re surrounded by so much food?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy...
How Christians can help people struggling with substance abuse
Guests Frank and Obed Santiesteban discuss the growing challenges of ministering to...
Columns by Jay
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...
The Great Unsettling: Fast pace of social change leaves us uncertain and uneasy.
The Great Unsettling: Fast pace of social change leaves us uncertain and uneasy. Here’s how we can cope. Journalist Shams Charania accurately summed up modern life in 18 words: “The world we live in now is totally different than it was five, six, seven, eight years ago.” Charania was speaking about his specialty – he reports on the NBA for The Athletic. Yet, he could have been describing how our world has changed in the past two years as the COVID-19 pandemic radically altered how we live,...
‘Resilient and determined’: Shepherd helps Tech students navigate a complex set of obstacles
Shepherd Community Center’s mission to help neighbors on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis extends well beyond its own campus. Shepherd staff and volunteers also are actively serving students at Arsenal Technical High School. We asked...
‘I learned to place my life in the Lord’: How Shepherd interns grew in their faith and service
In the first of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
‘A beacon of light on the east side’: Board member Jose Juarez talks about what’s so special at Shepherd
Jose Juarez, the family and community engagement director with...
Podcasts
How inflation has left lower-income workers struggling to buy groceries
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy...
Why are so many people hungry when we’re surrounded by so much food?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy...
How Christians can help people struggling with substance abuse
Guests Frank and Obed Santiesteban discuss the growing challenges of ministering to...
Columns by Jay
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...
The Great Unsettling: Fast pace of social change leaves us uncertain and uneasy.
The Great Unsettling: Fast pace of social change leaves us uncertain and uneasy. Here’s how we can cope. Journalist Shams Charania accurately summed up modern life in 18 words: “The world we live in now is totally different than it was five, six, seven, eight years ago.” Charania was speaking about his specialty – he reports on the NBA for The Athletic. Yet, he could have been describing how our world has changed in the past two years as the COVID-19 pandemic radically altered how we live,...