UNTANGLED

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6 (NIV) I kept walking past the tree.  Then it registered.  I...

זאת הבת שלי This is my daughter. I noticed the black etching under the overlapping bracelets wrapping around her wrist. Another? I...

6/19/21 This word has been rolling around in my mind like a shell turning in the ebbing and receding of water. Sit. “To be or remain in...

One afternoon, not long after we moved into our house, I came home from work to this. My five year old and three year old standing out...

2/5/23 I was at a restaurant the other night, and there was a group of women in the bathroom. My age or maybe a little older. They were...

12/17/22 Seasons are pretty non-existent in California. There are very subtle changes that only a native may notice. An orangish tint...

3/22/21 “The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. From Zion, perfect in...

Winter is my least favorite season. Just a week in. The glimmer and flicker of lights disappear. The world is a little more bland and...

“I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessings.”...

4/11/2020 Soft padding on the ground. Three count in. Three breaths out. Up ahead. I see someone. A woman walking. I plan my steps....

3/24/2020 Starting a morning run. As I run up a slight hill. To the main street out of my neighborhood. It’s always my tell. How is...

I am not a procrastinator. When I do. Procrastinate. I end up having nightmares about it. What I need to do. But blown up...

Valentine’s Day. 2/14/2020 Valentine’s Day. It’s never been my favorite holiday. My first job was at a Hallmark store. I learned within...

Runner. Never in my wildest dreams. Runner. Did I think this word. Runner. Would ever be attached to the name Angela Svendsen. ...

Stay in your lane. These words. This phrase. I heard it as loud as if someone was in the empty room with me. Cutting long lines of...

“Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort...

Give. “To freely transfer the possession of something to someone.” “To cause or allow someone to have something.” “The capacity to bend...

Spending time with middle schoolers offers a different perspective. On relationships. On the world around. On everything. They see...

On a recent trip to Oregon, God, as He always does, opened my eyes to the world around me. The first morning in Astoria, I took an...

The third installment of my travel writing. A quick little get-away with friends to the beach. Beach Day. 7/22/19 The sounds of the beach....