Half the Way Home, Vol. 1: Spiritual Cartoons From the Road Less Traveled

This collection of one-frame cartoons offers a humorous yet revealing look at the inner and outer life of Gaudiya Vaishnava practice. Drawing from years of lived experience in devotional communities, the book captures familiar moments—subtle struggles, small hypocrisies, flashes of insight, and the peculiar beauty of a life oriented around bhakti. Each cartoon is paired with a short reflection, inviting the reader not just to laugh, but to recognize the philosophical gravity that underlies the lifestyle.

These drawings explore the tension between aspiration and reality, ideal and practice, in a way that will feel immediately recognizable to those walking the path. For practitioners, it offers the experience of seeing their culture reflected back with honesty and affection; for others, a window into a devotional world that is at once deeply serious and unexpectedly human.