John Claypool is an Episcopal priest and popular teacher, speaker, preacher, and retreat leader. Initially ordained in the Southern Baptist Church, he also pastored for 30 years in that denomination. He teaches at the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, USA. He is the author of numerous other books, including The Hopeful Heart, also published by Morehouse.
""This book consists of a series of sermons about the apostles of Jesus. They were delivered at St. Luke's Church, Birmingham, Alabama, where John Claypool was rector, and elsewhere, and collected and edited by Ann W. Claypool, the author's widow. His chapter on Thaddeus, 'the forgotten saint,' is intriguing. This little book is a gem."" —The Living Church