Background
Grindal, Gracia Marie was born on May 4, 1943 in Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Harald Kivle and Jonette Torbjor Grindal.
Grindal, Gracia Marie was born on May 4, 1943 in Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Harald Kivle and Jonette Torbjor Grindal.
Bachelor in English and History, Augsburg College, 1965. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Arkansas, 1969. Master of Arts in Systematics, Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, 1983.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, 1979.
Associate professor English, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1968-1984. Associate professor pastoral theology and minstry-communications Luther Northwestern Seminary, since 1984. National Endowment of the Humanities visiting humanist scholar, l972.
Member hymn text committee Lutheran Book Worship, l973-76. Consultant hymn book committee United Methodist Church, l986-87.
Member Hymn Society of America (editorial board l986—), The Loft.