I have aways appreciated Ann Lamont's books and insights. Guest Essay, NYTimes, 9/29/25 What I Told My Sunday School Students About Death Aug. 29, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET Credit...Scott Olson/Getty Images By Anne Lamott Ms. Lamott is a novelist and the author, most recently, of “Somehow: Thoughts on Love,” and other nonfiction books. I was a Sunday school teacher for 30-plus years until recently, in a small liberal church in Northern California that rose out of the civil rights mo