b. 1943 Topics: Blessing; Comfort; Conflict; Endurance; Epiphany Season; Fruits of Faith; Law; Lord's Prayer 2nd petition (your kingdom come); Lord's Prayer 3rd petition (your will be done); Love; Mercy; Sanctification; Ten Commandments 3rd Commandment (Remember the Sabbath); Wisdom; Word Author of "The Tree beside the River Grows" in Christian Worship 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), Lina 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).
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Gracia Grindal