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Author: Gracia Grindal
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 Har… Go to person page >
Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…
John Ireland (b. Bowdon, Cheshire, England, 1879; d. Rock Mill, Washington, Sussex, England, 1962) composed LOVE UNKNOWN in 1918 for the text "My song is love unknown"; the tune was first published in The Public School Hymn Book of 1919. A letter in the London Daily Telegraph of April 5, 1950, claim…
Display Title: We Sing to You, O GodFirst Line: We sing to you, O GodTune Title: LOVE UNKNOWNAuthor: Gracia Grindal, b. 1943Meter: 6 6 12 8 8Date: 2006Subject: Expanded Images for God | ; Praise, Thanksgiving | ; Trust, Guidance |
Display Title: We Sing to You, O GodFirst Line: We sing to you O GodTune Title: DARWALLAuthor: Gracia GrindalMeter: 66.66.88Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 66:2; Psalm 96:1-2Date: 2001Subject: The Glory of the Triune God | Praise and Thanksgiving
Display Title: We Sing to You, O GodFirst Line: We sing to you, O GodTune Title: CAMANOAuthor: Gracia GrindalMeter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4Date: 1995Subject: Adoration and Praise | God; Comfort and Assurance | ; God | Strength and Refuge of; Year A | Proper 6; Year C | Proper 13
Display Title: We Sing to You, O GodFirst Line: We sing to you, O GodTune Title: DARWALL’S 148THAuthor: Gracia GrindalMeter: 6.6.6.6.8.8Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:11-12; Deuteronomy 32:18; Psalm 57:1-3; Psalm 96:1-2; Psalm 98:1-2; Psalm 107:1-9; Isaiah 40:28-31Date: 2020Subject: Exodus | ; Faith | ; Faith Journey | ; Gathering | ; God | Faithfulness of; God | Feminine Language and Images for; God | Images and Names of; God | Power of; God | Presence of; Protection |