Lauren Jackson

London

Associate Editor, The Morning at The New York Times

@nytimes

Articles

'Believing' and Belonging

1 week 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.
Un texto inĂ©dito del papa Francisco habla del amor y el matrimonio

2 weeks 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.
Em texto inédito, papa Francisco fala de tango e como ter um casamento duradouro

2 weeks 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.
A Look at One of the Last Things Pope Francis Wrote

2 weeks 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.
The Impossible Contradictions of Mark Twain

2 weeks 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.
Americans haven't found a satisfying alternative to religion

2 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Lauren Jackson

On Sundays, I used to stand in front of my Mormon congregation and declare that it all was true. I’d climb the stairs to the pulpit and smooth my long skirt. I’d smile and share my “testimony,” as the church calls it. I’d say I knew God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, prayer, spirits and miracles were all real. I’d express gratitude for my family and for my ancestors who had left lives in Britain, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway to pull wagons across America and build a Zion on the plains.
¿Por qué es tan difícil hablar de Dios?

3 weeks ago | diario.mx | Lauren Jackson

Existe una paradoja en la vida pública: la religión domina la política y la cultura estadounidenses, pero a mucha gente le cuesta hablar de ella, sobre todo con quien podría estar en desacuerdo. La mayoría de los estadounidenses no hablan de religión con otras personas muy frecuentemente, según un estudio del Pew Research Center de 2019. Muchos estadounidenses dicen también que evitan conversaciones con quienes discrepan de sus opiniones religiosas, según otro estudio del Pew del año pasado.
Remembering Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Jackson |Claire Fahy

Pope Francis, the Catholic church's first Latin American pope, has died at 88. He rose from a humble childhood in Argentina to become the leader of the world's largest and most powerful church. Francis died at about 7:30 a.m. Rome time, the Vatican announced. He had recently spent five weeks in a hospital for pneumonia. Still, he appeared yesterday in a wheelchair to bless tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square for Easter Sunday.
Lauren Jackson

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lauren Jackson |Claire Fahy |Ian Philbrick

Pope Francis Is Dead at 88 We look at his life and his influence on more than one billion Catholics. By Lauren Jackson and Claire Fahy America Wants a God Today, we're introducing "Believing." The Times is exploring how we experience religion and spirituality now. By Lauren Jackson The Moments That Shape Our Beliefs By Lauren Jackson Americans Haven't Found a Satisfying Alternative to Religion Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith? By Lauren Jackson Why Is It So Hard to Talk About God?
¿Por qué es tan difícil hablar de Dios?

3 weeks ago | elespectador.com | Lauren Jackson

Existe una paradoja en la vida pública: la religión domina la política y la cultura estadounidenses, pero a mucha gente le cuesta hablar de ella, sobre todo con quien podría estar en desacuerdo. Fotografía de una biblia en una iglesia de Pasadena, California. La mayoría de los estadounidenses no hablan de religión con otras personas muy frecuentemente, según un estudio del Pew Research Center de 2019.