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Gracia Grindal

Gracia Grindal
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Short Name: Gracia Grindal
Full Name: Grindal, Gracia, 1943-
Birth Year: 1943

Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lisa sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Harvest: New and Selected Poems (2002). She was instrumental in producing the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and The United Methodist Hymnal (1989).

Bert Polman


TextsTunesHymnals
Texts by Gracia Grindal (53)sort descendingAsInstances
[A Babe Is Born]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
A king put on a feastGracia Grindal (Author)2
A light from heaven shone aroundGracia Grindal (Author)3
Alleluia! Jesus Saves UsGracia Grindal (Author)2
[And As They Ate]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
[And Jesus Said (Grindal)]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
[And So I Send You Out]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
[And When the Angel Left Her]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
As Moses lifted up the brazen signGracia Grindal (Author (stanzas))1
[At Jacob's Well, Where Jesus Sat]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
Behold a host arrayed in white, Like thousand snow-clad mountains bright (Grindal)Gracia Grindal (Translator)3
Behold, a woman from the cityGracia Grindal (Author)2
Behold the host arrayed in white Like thousand snow-clad mountains bright (Grindal)Gracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
Christ the Lord to us saidGracia Grindal (Translator)1
[Father in Heaven (Grindal)]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
Fields of stars above themGracia Grindal (Author)2
Fling wide the door, unbar the gateGracia Grindal, 1943- (Translator)6
Out of the depths I cry to Thee, Lord, hear me, I implore TheeGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator (st. 4))1
[God, Rich in Mercy]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
Have mercy upon me, O God, According to your loving kindnessGracia Grindal (Author)3
[I Am the Bread of Life] (Grindal)Gracia Grindal (Author)2
[In Memory of Her]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
[In the Dark of Easter Morning]Gracia Grindal (Author)3
[Into the Temple]Gracia Grindal (Author)2
Let flow our tears in grief for thisGracia Grindal (Author)2
Lo, how a rose e'er bloomingGracia Grindal (Translator (st. 3))2
Lo, how a rose is growingGracia Grindal, 1943- (Translator)4
Martha sent unto the SaviorGracia Grindal (Author)2
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Gracia Grindal (Author)3
O blessed Light, O Trinity, O everlasting UnityGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator (sts. 2-3))2
O happy day when we shall stand In heaven with the savedGracia Grindal (Translator)2
O Splendor of the Father's lightGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)3
O Trinity, O blessed lightGracia Grindal, 1943- (Translator)4
Out of the depths I cry to you: O Father, hear me callingGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
[Out of the Depths I Cry to You]Gracia Grindal, 1943- (Translator)1
Out of the depths I cry to you: O Lord, now hear me callingGracia Grindal (Translator)5
Tell John his prophecy was trueGracia Grindal (Author)2
It shall blossom abundantlyGracia Grindal (Author)4
The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seedGracia Grindal (Author)3
The numberless gifts of God's merciesGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
[There Was Jesus By the Water]Gracia Grindal (Author)3
This thirsty fields drink in the rainGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
Thy holy wings, dear SaviorGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Author (st. 2) )6
To a maid engaged to JosephGracia Grindal (Author)11
We are all God's children Gracia Grindal (Eng. tr.)2
Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenknos' (We are marching in the light of God)Garcia Grindal (Translator (English))1
We Light the Advent CandlesGracia Grindal, 1943- (Author)2
We pray that God will dwell in usGracia Grindal (Author)2
We sing to you O GodGracia Grindal (Author)7
What God ordains is always rightGracia Grindal (Translator)4
Whatever God ordains is rightGracia Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
When earth with all its joys defeats meG. Grindal, b. 1943 (Translator)2
Who is this host arrayed in whiteGracia Grindal (Translator)2
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