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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Film | The Happiest Place
The Disneyland creation story is an epic tale of vision and leadership
The Disneyland creation story is an epic tale of vision and leadership
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Relics | A Table for All
At Brite Divinity School, a lasting reminder that the moral arc of the universe does, indeed bend toward justice.
In the president’s office is a table that serves as a witness to equal justice.
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Holy Bricks
Campus replicas made from LEGO pieces have transcended mere fad. Increasingly, they are expressions of veneration
Several schools have used the bricks to make campus buildings to celebrate.
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Peace, Love, Unity, Respect
A Portuguese EDM artist spreads the gospel to a new generation
A priest takes the message to the masses, mixing faith and dropping the beat.
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Books | Of choirs and questions
A plucky plea for the pleasures of Evensong, and the powerful gifts of insights, solutions, and relationships that come from asking the right questions
Two books that provide joy and insight to add to your reading list.
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How We Live | Kids on Campus
How one school’s inspiring partnership with a middle school created a ‘double bottom line.’
Pacific School of Religion finds new synergy on “Holy Hill” with very different campus partners.
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Relics | Walking together
At St. Mark’s, a hopeful Indigenous reconciliation is expressed through ceremonial items.
In Vancouver, British Columbia, a school works to create a lasting symbol of reconciliation.
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A Comic Promised Land
Director Mitch Hudson’s modern take on the Book of Exodus
Moses as a middle manager? The YouTube series provides a humorous take on the Exodus.
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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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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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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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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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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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