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250 articles, book excerpts, columns . . .

Hi, I'm Jim Watkins. Thanks for stopping by! You'll find over 250 articles, book excerpts, columns, devotionals, editorials, humor columns, original music and videos from my sixteen books and over two thousands articles in print, plus some brand new stuff. I trust you do indeed find hope and humor here and that you'll visit often!

Books
Comedy/drama
Cultural issues
Death/dying
Health

Holidays
Hope
Humor
Issues
Love and sex

New stuff
Original music
Spirituality
Top ten pages
Writing resources

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"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well" (Saint John).

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Books

Characters: Comedies and Dramas
Communicate to Change Lives
Squeezing Good Out of Bad
The Why Files: Are there really ghosts?
The Why Files: Is there really life after death?
The Why Files: When can I start dating?
Writing with Banana Peels: Principles, Practices, and Pratfalls of Writing with Humor
More


BROTHER BOB BLESSING

Comedy/drama

Characters: Comedies and Dramas
Brother Bob Blessing: "Something Lucrative Is Going to Happen to You"
Pilate (Easter drama)
Wiseman and Wife (comedy/drama)


Cultural issues

2012: End of the world?
Conspiracy theories
Cults: sects and violence
Dealing with terrorist attacks (7 articles)
Dirty words
Disney's distortions
Harry Potter: The good, the bad, the muggly
"I wanna be a n'acho man!"
Living simply, living richly
New slogans for old "boomers"
Psychic secrets revealed
Reality TV: Get real!
School shootings
Urban legends


Death/dying

Dealing with death and grief
Dealing with impending death
Dealing with terrorist attacks
Life's VCR


CHOCOLATE

Health

Aging
Breaking habits . . . before they break you
Dark chocolate is good for you!
Dealing with pain (from Squeezing Good Out of Bad)
Government spells "heath" with "w"
"I just want to die" (suicide)
I'm eight pill bottles old
Managing your time . . . and sanity
Resources for physical and mental health (25+ links)
Top ten things I've learned living with cancer
WWJD? What would Jesus devour?
You may be depressed if . . .


Holidays

Christmas (12 articles)
Easter (10 articles)
Halloween
Thanksgiving


Hope

Encouragement for clergy
Encouraging quips and quotations
God is never late . . . but He sure is slow!
Hope and humor (50 encouraging posts)
"I'm a giant killer!" keynote talk I'M A GIANT KILLER AUDIO
Keeping your dreams alive KEEPING YOUR DREAMS ALIVE AUDIO
Son of a saint: good parents, bad children
Spray-paint parenting
Twenty of my most hopeful posts from 2010
Why? Some thoughts on life's tough questions


IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Humor

Airline travel
Are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes?
Bad, bad baby names
Barbie turns big 5-0
Beyond Viagra: What women really want
The Book of Joe: Feeling rather Job-ish?
Brother Bob Blessing: "Something Lucrative Is Going to Happen to You"
Everyone needs a kidney stone
Faith of Our Mothers
Finely-aged believers
It's a Wonderful Life
My "real" job: Confessions of a stay-at-home dad
Old predictions for the new year
The Papoose-Driven Life
Planned Bank Robbery: We're Pro-Choice!
Pray-o-matic
Top ten differences between "secretaries" and "administrative professionals"
Top ten great things about being in ministry
Top ten lists
Top ten signs the staff is stressed out
Top ten things not to say at airport security
Top ten things you won't hear at commencement
Top ten wishes for my 50th birthday
The Twitter Bible
What I didn't learn in kindergarten
"Yep, I'm intolerant"
You can fix anything with duct tape . . .
You may be a parent . . .if you've ever said one or more of the following


UNBORN BABY

Issues

Are afterbirth stem cells more effective than unborn stem cells?
Are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes?
Are you, Jim, a feminist?
"Burn a Koran Day"
Capital punishment
Civil unions
Does DNA disprove evolution?
"Everybody Loves Barack"
Hate crimes
Homosexuality
Intolerance
Iraq War
Is it a life or a choice?
"Jumbo shrimp" and "mercy killing" (Euthanasia)
Negative campaigning
Osama 'Grinch' Laden
Planned Bank Robbery: We're pro-choice!
Prayer in school
Product safety
Pro-pro-life
Taxes: My plot to eliminate IRS
The Ten Commandments
Were Founding Fathers "Christian"?
When is war "just"?


LOVE AND SEX

Love and sex

Breaking up without breaking down
Children who marry their parents: the psychology of courtship
The Cure for alienation
Cure for common cold: sex
Different from the neck up
Falling in love—and getting back up
Guy's guide to cars . . . and sex
The hang-ups with 'hookups'
Homosexuality: Why are people so bent out of shape?
Hormonal Output Toxicity Syndrome (HOTS): Why guys do what
guys do

"I Can Hear You Snore" and other realistic love songs
Is oral sex "sex"?
Looking for love in all the right places
Marriage vs. same-sex unions
No hablo, estrogen: becoming bilingual in relationships
Porn: Reel vs. real sex
Seven things your guy wishes you knew about him—but doesn't know how to tell you
Top ten advantages of robot love
Three secrets to xxx-ceptional sex
Top ten reasons I'm not divorcing my wife
Why are guys such boobs about breasts?


VOTIVE CANDLE

Spirituality

Angels don't come from Hallmark
Are there really ghosts?
Are you eternally in-secure?
Becoming like little children
Being a wise Samaritan
Demons: possession or obsession?
DiscipleSites.com: Your Christian connection to almost everything
Genuine Jesus or Counterfeit Christ?
Encouragement for clergy
God is never late . . . but He sure is slow!
God's will' is not lost: for those trying to find it
Healing: faith or fake?
It's Sunday . . . but Jesus is Comin'
"It Is Well with My Soul" The rest of the stories
The Lone Ranger and someone to believe in
Looking for love in all the right places
Ministry resources for pastors, teachers, Christian leaders
The rest of the Bible story
Signs and wonders?!
Watkins' Church Dictionary
"What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Who is the supreme super hero?
Why? Some thoughts on life's tough questions
Women in ministry resources (20+ articles)
More


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