Shepherd honored as a Champion of Impact in Indianapolis for its work helping neighbors break free from poverty
Indiana University’s football team wasn’t the only champions crowned in...
40 Years of Shepherd: From Sick Care to Health Care
At Shepherd, our goal is to help our families live in healthcare rather...
40 Years of Shepherd: Walking Alongside Our Neighbors: A Heart Like Jesus
Throughout the New Testament, Jesus tells His followers that the Holy Spirit is coming. Depending on the translation, you’ll read different English words for the Holy Spirit: the Comforter, the Advocate, the Counselor, Helper, Keeper, and Encourager. Each of these words is taken from the Greek word "Parakletos" meaning to walk alongside, guide,...
Podcasts
New ministry begins here. Power of internships is building new leaders.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Young Adult Coordinator...
Neighbors helping neighbors: How churches can engage with their communities
Shepherd Executive Director Jay Height and McKenzie Scott Lewis, senior director of...
How a mentor made a lasting difference in this pastor’s life
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and McKenzie Scott Lewis, senior...
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,...
40 Years of Shepherd: Walking Alongside Our Neighbors: A Heart Like Jesus
Throughout the New Testament, Jesus tells His followers that the Holy Spirit is coming. Depending on the translation, you’ll read different English words for the Holy Spirit: the Comforter, the Advocate, the Counselor, Helper, Keeper, and...
Shepherd honored as a Champion of Impact in Indianapolis for its work helping neighbors break free from poverty
Indiana University’s football team wasn’t the only champions crowned in...
40 Years of Shepherd: From Sick Care to Health Care
At Shepherd, our goal is to help our families live in healthcare rather...
Podcasts
New ministry begins here. Power of internships is building new leaders.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Young Adult Coordinator...
Neighbors helping neighbors: How churches can engage with their communities
Shepherd Executive Director Jay Height and McKenzie Scott Lewis, senior director of...
How a mentor made a lasting difference in this pastor’s life
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and McKenzie Scott Lewis, senior...
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,...