Daniel Taylor (born 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 ''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. Taylor is also co-founder of The Legacy Center, an organization devoted to helping individuals and organizations identify and preserve the values and stories that have shaped their lives. He was a contributing editor of Books and Culture. A recurring topic in Taylor’s work is the role of stories in shaping lives. He points out that we are born into stories, live in stories, and die leaving a legacy of stories. Stories, he argues, are the single best way human beings have discovered for preserving and making sense of their experience, and understanding this increases one’s ability to make one’s own life story a rich one. In addition to his books and articles, Taylor has served as a stylist for several Bible translations, including the

New Living Translation The New Living Translation (NLT) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 1996 by Tyndale House, Tyndale House Foundation, the NLT was created "by 90 leading Bible scholars." The NLT relies on recently published Text ...

and a revision of the

New Century Version The New Century Version (NCV) is a revision of the International Children's Bible (ICB). The ICB is a translation of the Bible that was aimed at young readers and those with low reading skills/limited vocabulary in English. It is written at a 3rd ...

. He also co-produced The Expanded Bible (2011). Taylor received his B.A. from

Westmont College Westmont College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Montecito, California, United States. It was founded in 1937. History Ruth Kerr, owner and CEO of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company, established the school as the Bible Missiona ...

in Santa Barbara,

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and an M.A. and Ph.D in English from

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

in Atlanta, Georgia. He taught literature and writing at Bethel University for thirty-three years.

Personal life

Taylor is married and the father of four children. He currently resides in

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...

Selected publications

*''The Myth of Certainty'' (1986, IVP Books, 1999) *''Letters to My Children: A Father Passes on His Values'' (1989, Bog Walk Press, 2010) *''Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories'' (Bog Walk Press, 2001) (Originally published as ''The Healing Power of Story'', Doubleday, 1996) *''Before Their Time: Lessons in Living from Those Born Too Soon'' (InterVarsity Press, 2000) *''Is God Intolerant?: Christian Thinking about the Call for Tolerance'' (Tyndale House Publisher, 2003) *''In Search of Sacred Places: Looking for Wisdom on Celtic Holy Islands'' (Bog Walk Press, 2005) *''The Expanded Bible'' (Thomas Nelson, 2009) *''Creating a Spiritual Legacy: How to Share Your Stories, Values, and Wisdom'' (Brazos Press, 2011) *''Death Comes for the Deconstructionist'' (Wipf and Stock)

Online writings

*''Rest for the Weary: Eliot’s Four Quartets'', Books and Culture, January/February 2009 *''How to Pick a President: Why Virtue Trumps Policy'',

Christianity Today ''Christianity Today'' is an evangelical Christian media magazine founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. It is published by Christianity Today International based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ''The Washington Post'' calls ''Christianity Today'' "eva ...

, June 2008 *''Living with a Big Poem: Reflections on the Waste Land'', Books and Culture, September/October 2005 *''Many Bibles, One Scripture: The Gift of Translation'', Books and Culture, September/October 2002 *''Wizards and Hobbits'', Books and Culture, May/June 1996 *''In Pursuit of Character, Part I'', Christianity Today, December 1995 *''In Pursuit of Character, Part II'', Christianity Today, December 1995

References

External links

*Daniel Taylor's Websit

*Daniel Taylor's Speaker Biography for the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing

*Daniel Taylor's Amazon Author Pag

*Daniel Taylor's Biography from

Image (journal) ''Image'' is an American quarterly literary journal that publishes art and writing engaging or grappling with Judeo-Christian faith. The journal's byline is "Art, Faith, Mystery". ''Image'' features fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architect ...

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