This is a beautiful and thoughtful book. I enjoyed reading every page of this lovely book. I have read Sarah Clarkson's work before, so I knew I would like it and I was not disappointed. It has left me with some valuable things to ponder and some wonderful quotes to mark down and come back to. In our very busy and noisy age, it is worthwhile to stop and consider how to reclaim quiet in our lives and how to thrive in spite of the noise all about us.
Everyone should read this.

In Reclaiming Quiet, Sarah Clarkson invites readers on a profound journey into the heart of stillness, urging us to cultivate an interior world where we can truly listen for God’s voice. With lyrical prose and deep insight, Clarkson explores the significance of silence in our often chaotic lives, reminding us that it is in these quiet moments that we can hear the whispers of grace.
The book is rich with personal anecdotes and practical guidance on how to create a sacred space for contemplation and rest. Clarkson eloquently argues that every Christian is called to nurture this interior world, making it a place of expectant silence where we can encounter God’s Word in our darkness and be renewed.
One of the most striking aspects of Clarkson's writing is her unwavering faith in the goodness of God, which she believes can outlast any trial we may face. Her words resonate with hope and encourage readers to seek rest in a divine presence that transcends the tumult of life.
Overall, Reclaiming Quiet is a beautifully crafted invitation to embrace stillness. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their faith and find peace in the midst of a noisy world. Highly recommended!

Sarah Clarkson’s “Reclaiming Quiet” is an astounding journey of discovery into the heart and soul of finding quiet. Through poignant and personal
Illustration, Sarah reveals how desperately we need to carve out quiet in the midst of every day chaos.
Her writing is lyrical and lovely, helping the reader to see all that she shares in a way that draws us into a closer walk with our Creator.. It is not a “How To” book with steps to accomplish, but a path into the presence of the God who is there..
“Quiet echoes with eternity; it thrums with the music of the world we’ve always secretly desired but have only just begun to imagine.”
I highly recommend this lovely book.

Lately, I have been craving quiet. Maybe it is because the world seems extra loud these days, or there seems to be a lot of chaotic things happening all around. Thankfully, my little area is peaceful, but it does still seem loud at times. So when I saw this new book, Reclaiming Quiet – Cultivating a Life of Holy Attention by Sarah Clarkson being released, I knew I needed to read it. Also, because I have been a big fan of her mom’s books for years, Sally Clarkson. Therefore, I knew it would be encouraging for my heart! AND that is was!! This will need to be a reread for me, one to get in hard copy.

So if you too feel like you need more quiet or feeling the pull of distractions our world has to offer, then let this book be a balm to your heart. Sarah has been pursuing and studying what it means to be and have quiet in her life for the last few years, and this is how this book came to be about. Dealing with her own personal struggles of moving, raising a family, dealing with illnesses, being a preacher’s wife… Through this, she began to see the patterns of her own daily life and things that she needed to change. She learns and reminds us how to choose quiet in the ordinary days of busy and distracted lives.

At the end of each chapter, she shares a prayer and some points to ponder on deeper. Such as: “Is quiet something you miss? If so, why? And what influence or presence makes it most difficult to find?”

Here are a few of my highlights from reading:

I believe our greatest loss is spiritual because our disquiet leads us to a certain kind of life; it shapes the whole of the way we interact with each other and the world around us. We become driven by a sense of urgency, stresses and distracted from the moment we wake to the moment we sleep.
Quiet is the space from which we pray and worship, the condition of our learning our creativity, our literal “in” sight.
We can not live like the tireless machines and sleepless screens by which so much of our lives are now enabled and measured.
Satan has always been against limit and always works to make us think it is a form of diving withholding.
We need to attend in the inmost place of our hearts, where God speaks. We need to listen and live from the inside.
Quiet does not remove those things from us; it offers the space in which we may give voice to them so that they do not destroy us, so that the alternate voice of God’s kindness may turn the besieged cities of our lives in “the rock of refuge” David found in his own wild distress.
In quiet, we learn to watch and wait for God’s help as it sets up camp in the very heart of our darkness.

For the past few years, I've been asking how to be an idealistic deep feeler, an Anne-of-Green-Gables in this often grievous world, while maintaining courage for the long haul. Because I greatly appreciated Sarah's book This Beautiful Truth, and because I'm already discovering the sustaining practice of wonder, I anticipated this book so much that I preordered a copy and joined the launch team. As I read, the word "nourishing" came to mind. Somehow Sarah's words bring a sense of quiet, like a growing bubble of peace inside.

She talks about making friends with silence and dark through the big nighttime world she remembers from her rural childhood, in a way that reminds me of CS Lewis's Ransom trilogy, specifically how he transmits the medieval idea of the heavens as friendly and beautiful, not cold and sterile space. Similarly, she humanizes our exploration, our determined but hopeful pursuit of quiet.

While recognizing how much we can shrink away from silence, as giving space to fear, grief, and any ugly voices in our minds, Sarah presents a practice of embracing small pockets of interior quiet in a way that is homey and simple, like sitting down at the kitchen table with a friend. She speaks practically, because she seeks quiet while mothering four small children, and she reminds us that on the other side of the fear, the noise, and the challenges, is life both deep and rich, because to be still, however briefly, can be to meet with Jesus, who is our life.

This book is a real gem! Reclaiming Quiet Is not about finding a life with the absence of noise, but instead about finding a way to quiet the noisy life and allow God to be more central in your life. Sarah Clarkson has included wonderful questions to ponder at the end of each chapter to help the reader take the next steps in cultivating a quiet life. I have really enjoyed this book and have learned a lot of tools.

This book is one everyone should read. In our world so full of noise and distractions, Sarah invites us to take a deep breath and just pause. To learn to cultivate a heart that is at peace, regardless of what the news or social media is screaming. So grab a hot cup of coffee and sit down with this wise friend to remember that we have a sure hope in a God who holds all things in His hands and who is bringing peace and redemption to our world that is so broken.

If you want confirmation that we are created for a healthy amount of Quiet, then run to get this book. It is written from a humble, honest Christian perspective and speaks right to the heart of what we need in the Busy world that demands Productivity every day as a measure of one’s worth.

Sarah owns her stories beautifully, inspiring others to reclaim quiet in their daily lives by shutting out the noise one exercise at a time. I like that each chapter ended with a prayer, although I was surprised to see so much talk of aged with virtually no inclusion of scripture within the book.

I was fortunate to be able to read a digital copy before this book will come out on November 5th. Although the book is beautifully written, the author never talks down to the reader and the book is easy to understand by this not native English speaker. Sarah rather takes the reader by the hand and asks practical questions at the end of each chapter and makes a daunting quest (for quiet) more manageable.