Heather Grennan Gary
Heather Grennan Gary is an editor and writer living in Valparaiso, Indiana. She has been a contributor to In Trust since 2005.
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Architecture | Sacred Stacks
The inimitable Eero Saarinen designed North Christian Church in Indiana with a focus on the sanctuary. Today it inspires devotion as a public library
An Indiana church designed by a famed architect gets a new life as a library.
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Film | Two to watch
These films provide new insight into the spiritual life
Two films provide different looks at the spiritual life: a retelling of Charles Dickens’ “The Life…
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Books | Pilgrims’ progress
Reflections for the 2025 Jubilee Year celebration
A new book explores pilgrims’ thoughts and experiences about the Jubilee and crossing through Rome’s Holy…
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The greatest story
Half a century after its debut, “Superstar” still stokes controversy
This summer “Jesus Christ Superstar” made a return to the stage and – once again –…
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The first hymn
The unlikely story of an Egyptian papyrus of the earliest Christian music ever found.
The story of how musicians put music to the oldest piece of Christian worship known to…
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Books | Meaningful summer reads
Two books to provide more than beach reads, but some summer insights
These books provide a look at belief and idolatry.
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Made in America: ‘Da Pope’ gets a baseball card
The wild welcome for the new prelate
The election of Pope Leo XIV, who was educated at Villanova and Catholic Theological Union, was…
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Music | Round Midnight
The practice of spiritual rest, embedded in jazz music
When Covid brought the world to a halt in 2020, Julian Davis Reid experienced one of…
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Books & Films | Wise men, fools, and other stories
From theology to good stories well told, these are books and movies to put on your list this spring
A new look at some saints, an American theologian reconsidered, and some movies to watch.
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Relics | To make our joy complete
Thirty years on, the painstaking artistry of the Saint John’s Bible still inspires awe and reverence
The Saint John’s Bible, the first of its type in 500 years, stands its own test…
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Books & Film | Works of Fear and Faith
A guide to End Times; the moral leadership of Black women in the Movement and more
These books and movies provide new ways to look at End Times; women in the Civil…
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How We Live | Not Quite a Walk in the Park
Life at the Corner of Bowditch and Dwight
Berkeley’s famed (or infamous) People’s Park – across from the Berkeley School of Theology – is…
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Films | Two to Watch
There’s faith, of course, in chaplaincy, but also disco?
Two films – one about disco queen Gloria Gaynor and one about chaplaincy – are worth…
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How We Live | Priests and Beasts
The tradition of blessing animals is alive and kicking
Francis of Assisi arranged the first live nativity scene in 1223 in Greccio. As the patron…
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Books | The Courage to Quit
When tried-and-true practices no longer work, maybe it’s time for adaptive leadership.
Tod Bolsinger provides a series of short, accessible books to help leaders re-think the time and…
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Relics | The Good Book(s)
The Studer Bible Collection at AMBS
With more than 5,000 items, the collection provides a wide range of interest.
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