Sarah Clarkson

Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the University of Oxford. She loves books, beauty, and imagination and wants everyone else to understand why they should too. She is the author of Read for the Heart (a guide to children’s literature) and Caught Up in a Story, an exploration of the way that narrative and imagination form a child’s sense of self. She wrote The Lifegiving Home with her mother, Sally Clarkson, and blogs about home, books, Oxford, and beauty at thoroughlyalive.com. When not chasing doctrinal mysteries down in the Bodleian, walking the meadows, or drinking another good cup of coffee, Sarah can be found at home with a good novel in the red-doored English house she shares with her husband, Thomas.

Tea and Avonlea

Creating a home-space where friendships can grow. In Oxford you never have to be alone. But then, you might never be…

Storm on the Mountain

Sarah Clarkson’s latest writing wanders at elevation. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the…

February Catch-Up

Contemplations on Rowan Williams, Caravaggio, snow, and other things. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology…

Beauty Abides

A moment of it makes everything stop. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the…

Oxford Arrival

My room is settled. The jetlag has (mostly) faded. And the splendor of this old, dear city settles around me, drapes…

Work vs. Wonder

Live Mary’s choice while doing Martha’s work. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the…