Lauren Jackson

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Jackson

Last week, Dwight from "The Office" called me to talk about God. Almost. It was the actor who played Dwight, Rainn Wilson. He'd read my essay that launched "Believing," a project on how people find meaning in their lives - in religion, spirituality or anywhere. He'd written a best-selling book on the topic, one that was so self-aware and funny I actually laughed out loud. He just wanted to connect. That seems to be a theme. Since I published "Believing," I've heard from thousands of Morning readers.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Jackson

Aunque el pontífice fue considerado reformador y modernizador, también protegió la doctrina de la Iglesia católica, aunque lo hiciera con su propio estilo. En los días transcurridos desde su muerte, al papa Francisco se le ha llamado reformador, alternativo, influenciador y modernizador. Era todo eso. Pero también fue el administrador de la institución más antigua del mundo occidental. Protegió la doctrina de la Iglesia católica, aunque lo hiciera con su propio estilo.

2 months ago | infomoney.com.br | Lauren Jackson

Nos dias que se seguiram à sua morte, o Papa Francisco foi chamado de reformador, outsider, influenciador e modernizador. Ele foi todas essas coisas. Mas também foi o guardião da instituição mais antiga do mundo ocidental. Ele protegeu a doutrina da Igreja Católica — ainda que o fizesse ao seu próprio estilo. Isso é evidente em um dos últimos escritos de Francisco, fornecido ao The New York Times e ainda não publicado anteriormente.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Jackson

In a foreword to a book, he articulated the church's position on marriage. In the days since his death, Pope Francis has been called a reformer, outsider, influencer and modernizer. He was all of these things. But he was also the steward of the oldest institution in the Western world. He protected the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine - even if he did so in his own style. That is evident in one of Francis' last writings, exclusive to The New York Times.

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Lauren Jackson

Share Huck comes back, 60 years old, from nobody knows where—& crazy. Thinks he is a boy again, & scans always every face for Tom & Becky &c. Tom comes, at last, 60 from wandering the world & tends Huck, & together they talk the old times; both are desolate, life has been a failure, all that was lovable, all that was beautiful is under the mould. They die together.Mark Twain scribbled this fragment in a journal around 1891, just a few years shy of sixty himself.