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A New Creative Orthodox Graphic Novel: The Life of Saint John the Short

I canโ€™t believe it! After 6 years of writing, editing, illustrating and book-designing my second graphic novel is finally out!

โ€œA Forest In the Desert: The Life of Saint John the Shortโ€ is a graphic novel on the life of the famous 4th century desert father. Heโ€™s mostly known for the story of the tree of obedience (check out the video below if you don’t know it!), but thereโ€™s so much more to his life that we can learn from.

Saint John the Short & the tree of obedience

Saint John was humble, compassionate and incredibly obedient to his spiritual father. Whatโ€™s most impressive is that he also grew to be a leader and a father. Thereโ€™s so much goodness and virtue in his life that we can learn from today.

Books on early Christianity give us much needed examples on how to lead a virtuous life.

As you know, I self publish my books. That means theyโ€™ll only go as far as I can reach, so if you do enjoy the graphic novel, Iโ€™ll need your help to get the word out.

How you can help:

  1. Buy the book if youโ€™re interested in the life of Saint John.
  2. Leave an honest amazon review. It helps a lot.
  3. Consider sharing it with your parish or Sunday School class if youโ€™re a teacher. I’m even making a teacherโ€™s guide and also offer reduced pricing for bulk orders and bookstores.
  4. Tell others about it.
Saint John the Short Book

Iโ€™m so excited for you to read the book!

In Christ,

Michael

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