Sometimes I think all I need are words; but what I need first is silence. When I was a young mom, I dreaded the morning rush to get everyone where they needed to be with everything that had to have. I learned quickly that if I didn’t get up before everyone else to spend some sanity-saving time in silence, to order my soul, to hear from my Creator; I ran the risk of spending the rest of the day hearing only my best thoughts, my worst fears, trying too hard, meeting the wrong n

I’m celebrating a bit. I’ve been writing this Quiet Circles blog for over a year with about fifty entries. When I started, I doubted my own ability to offer something on a regular basis. I’ve tried to bring words that stimulate and inspire you to listen to God more than you listen to any other voice. As a celebration marker of this web log, which our social media culture has shortened into the clunky sounding blog, I want to re-share the subject of my first entry. I chose