Grindal at­tend­ed Augs­burg Coll­ege (BA 1965), the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ar­kan­sas (MFA 1969), and Lu­ther Sem­in­a­ry (MA 1983). She was a mem­ber of the Eng­lish De­part­ment at Lu­ther Coll­ege, De­cor­ah, Io­wa (1968-84). She joined the Lu­ther Sem­in­ary fa­cul­ty as as­so­ci­ate pro­fess­or of pas­tor­al the­ol­o­gy and min­is­try, com­mun­i­ca­tions, in 1984, and was named a pro­fess­or in 1992. Her works in­clude:

• Pulpit Rock, 1976
• Sketches Against the Dark, 1982
• Singing the Sto­ry, 1983
• Speaking of God, an ALCW sup­ple­ment­a­ry stu­dy, 1986
• Scandinavian Folk­songs, 1984
• Growing in Grace: A Devotional Guide for Families, 1988
• Lessons in Hymnwriting, 1991
• Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home, 1994 (with Karen E. Hong)
• We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations, 1996
• Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns, 2001 (with John Jansen)
• A Revelry of Harvest: New and Selected Poems, 2002

Sources

Hymns

1. Kingdom of God, The
2. To a Maid Engaged to Jo­seph

Translations

1. Fling Wide the Door
2. Out of the Depths I Cry to You
3. Thy Ho­ly Wings, O Savior