How to get my [shortcode] rendered on the home page, other pages are fine

I found the filter I was looking for:

apply_filters('the_content',$content);

A simple fix I replaced this code:

<?php echo wpautop( $sjc_excerpt[0] ); ?>

with this

<?php echo apply_filters('the_content',$sjc_excerpt[0]); ?>

Now the shortcode is rendered!