Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories

by Daniel Taylor

Publisher:

Bog Walk Press

, 2001

Overview

TELL ME A STORY explores the story-shaped nature of our lives. We are born, live, and die within stories These stories shape how we see ourselves, the world, and our place in it. The first great storytellers in our lives are home, church, school, and popular culture. Knowing and embracing healthy stories are crucial to living rightly and well. This book investigates the relationship between stories and meaning in life, the difference between character and personality, the ability of story to make connections between things, the power of story to bring about a desired future, how stories create community and a sense of belonging, and how broken stories can be healed.

Drawing on a wide range of stories-literary, popular, and personal. TELL ME A STORY offers profound insight, encouragement, and inspiration. It includes a series of questions designed to help readers identify the important stories in their own lives.

Key Features

• Explores the story-shaped nature of our lives.
• Investigates the relationship between stories and meaning in life.
• Creates community and a sense of belonging.

Product Details

• Title: Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories
• Author: Daniel Taylor
• Publisher: Bog Walk Press
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 182
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Psychology › Biographical methods; Storytelling › Psychological aspects; Storytelling › Religious aspects; Discourse analysis, Narrative › Psychological aspects; Self-perception
• ISBNs: 0970651104, 9780970651105
• Resource ID: LLS:TLLMSTRYPWRSTRS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-30T19:07:17Z

About Daniel Taylor

Daniel Taylor,(b. 1948) is an American writer. He is the author of nine books, including The Myth of Certainty, Letters to My Children, Tell Me A Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories, In Search of Sacred Places: Looking for Wisdom on Celtic Holy Islands, and, appearing in fall 2011, Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom. He speaks frequently at conferences, colleges, retreats, and churches on a variety of topics.