THE FIRST TO FOLLOW: THE APOSTLES OF JESUS by John R. Claypool One of the first things Jesus did in his ministry was to reach out to twelve individuals and draw them into a circle of close companionship with him. This book is about those twelve apostles, their relationships with Jesus and with each other, and what the dynamics of that community can teach us. Jesus did not wait for people to be perfect in order to call them into the circle of God’s love. As we look at those Jesus called, and consider ourselves as part of that ever enlarging circle, we gain a deeper sense not only of our own reality, but also a greater sense of how Christ wants to relate to us. Based on talks given at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, and more recently at The Chautauqua Institute, these lectures have been collected and edited by Ann Wilkinson Claypool in loving memory of her husband. Product Details: Hardback, 160 pages Price: $18.00 To order, visit Amazon.com by clicking here. GOD: THE INGENIOUS ALCHEMIST by John R. Claypool "God's goodness is bigger than all human badness," writes John Claypool in this timely new book. "God's power and willingness to forgive are greater than our human capacity to sin." The Bible is often held up as a source of family values, but it is also full of families who falter and do so generation after generation. Few families have visited as much evil on each other as Abraham's descendants in Genesis. Using these stories, Claypool explores how God turns the "lead" of evil–like Jacob's theft of Esau's birthright, and Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery in Egypt–into the "gold" of abundant blessing, as alchemists were said to do in the past. God is always more interested in our future, according to Claypool, than in our pasts. Product Details: Hardback, 112 pages Price: $14.95 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com THE HOPEFUL HEART by John R. Claypool Hope is to the human spirit what breath is to the physical body, the very fuel that animates our being, according to the author. But with hopefulness comes the possibility of disappointment. How can we hope and yet be realistic about what we hope for? What is a hope that doesn’t disappoint? In his inimitable pastoral and gentle way, Claypool explores biblically based avenues to hopefulness Product Details: Hardback, 180 pages Price: $14.95 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com This book is also available at www.amazon.com GLAD REUNION by John R. Claypool John Claypool uses the stories about men and women of the Bible to help Christians today understand their own lives and to live them faithfully. Product Details: Paperback, 180 pages ISBN 0-914520-40-7 Price: $16.00 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com ~ or ~ This product can also be ordered through Insight Press at 1-877-214-7927 or visit them online at www.insightpress.net THE PREACHING EVENT   by John R. Claypool This book comprises the Beecher Lectures on Preaching which Dr. Claypool gave at Yale Divinity School. The author emphasizes the importance of narrative and of personal transparency in the preacher’s work as reconciler, gift-giver, witness, and nurturer. Product Details: Paperback, 94 pages ISBN 0-914520-41-5 Price: $16.00 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com ~ or ~ This product can also be ordered through Insight Press at 1-877-214-7927 or visit them online at www.insightpress.net THE SAGA OF LIFE: LIVING GRACEFULLY THROUGH ALL THE STAGES by John R. Claypool John Claypool uses the experiences of Israel’s King David to explore the meaning of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and senior adulthood and to display responses to the crises that typically arise in each of the stages. Product Details: Paperback, 96 pages ISBN 0-914520-43-1 Price: $14.00 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com ~ or ~ This product can also be ordered through Insight Press at 1-877-214-7927 or visit them online at www.insightpress.net TRACKS OF A FELLOW STRUGGLER  by John R. Claypool Out of the pain he experienced because of the illness and death of his beloved daughter Laura Lue, John Claypool has written a magnificently helpful book for people of faith who are suffering. Product Details: Paperback, 104 pages ISBN 0-914520-35-0 Price: $12.00 This product can also be ordered through Insight Press at 1-877-214-7927 or visit them online at www.insightpress.net TRACKS OF A FELLOW STRUGGLER - 30th Anniversary Hardback Edition by John R. Claypool This book is the story of Claypool’s own journey through the darkness, written through four sermons. The first was delivered just eleven days after his eight-year-old daughter's diagnosis of leukemia, the second after her first major relapse nine months later, and the third week after her death. The final sermon, a reflection on the process of grieving, was preached three years later. With more than a million copies sold, Tracks of a Fellow Struggler is once again available in a hardcover edition, perfect for gift-giving, or for anyone seeking God’s comfort in difficult times to read and cherish. The book contains a new commentary by John R. Claypool. Product Details: Hardback, 112 pages ISBN 0819221392 Price: $14.95 Product Details: Paperback, 98 pages Price: $12.00 To order, call Morehouse Publication Company at 1.800.877.0012 or visit them online at www.morehousegroup.com STORIES JESUS STILL TELLS by John R. Claypool ISBN 1-56101-185-1 To order this book, call Cowley Publications at 1-800-225-1534 MENDING THE HEART by John R. Claypool ISBN 1-56101-165-7 To order this book, call Cowley Publications at 1-800-225-1534 or go online to www.amazon.com GOD IS AN AMATEUR   by John R. Claypool ISBN 0-914520-35-0 To order this book, call Forward Movement Publications at 1-800-543-1813