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...
Meeting deep needs: Shepherd’s Kids Day connects families with critical service providers
Life is often filled with overwhelming challenges for parents and...
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
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...
How to thrive in Christian ministry for the long haul
Executive Director Jay Height and recently retired Grace Church teaching pastor 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...
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...
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...
Meeting deep needs: Shepherd’s Kids Day connects families with critical service providers
Life is often filled with overwhelming challenges for parents and...
Podcasts
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...
How to thrive in Christian ministry for the long haul
Executive Director Jay Height and recently retired Grace Church teaching pastor 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...