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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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    • About ARTICLES
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    • About JIM
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  • Articles
    • Heavy topics with a light touch
      • Calming coronavirus concerns
      • Happy holidays, American Family Association!
      • James Watkins: Threat to society
      • Race relations by the numbers
      • Talking to children about war, terrorism, school violence
      • Talking to your kids about s-e-x
      • The ‘world’ is supposed to hate Christians!
      • The strain of polarization
      • To angry voters . . .
      • Top ten verses Donald Trump may want to read
      • Top ten ways God may be working coronavirus for good
      • Top ten ways to reduce national debt
      • We are strong! We will survive!
      • We Light This Candle: a reading following a terrorist attack
      • What does the Bible really say?
      • What was Paul thinking when he wrote 1 Timothy 2:12?
      • What we haven’t learned from 9/11
      • White, ‘woke’ . . . and ‘privileged’
    • Hopeful articles
      • ‘Coming out’ My sexual identity crisis
      • Angels don’t come from Hallmark
      • Con-grad-ulations!
      • God is never late—but he sure is slow
      • God’s will is not lost: for those trying to find it
      • My ‘real’ job
      • Original music
      • Son of a saint
      • Top ten reasons to give thanks . . . when you think you don’t have any
      • Top ten things I’ve learned from cancer
      • We Light This Candle: a reading following a terrorist attack
      • Why we do what we do
      • ‘It Is Well with My Soul’ The rest of the stories
    • Humorous articles
      • Faith of Our Mothers
      • Laughing matters
      • Ten top things you won’t hear at commencement
      • Top ten lists
      • Yep! I’m intolerant!
    • Interview with Jerry B. Jenkins
    • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
    • My top ten most influential books
    • The Twelve Sites of Christmas
      • A Christmas tree named ‘Shrek’
    • the-twelve-sites-of-christmas
    • What would Jesus say about coronavirus?
    • Why I am no longer seeking God’s will
  • Book excerpts
    • Breaking habits before they break you
    • Changing lives for nearly 600 years!
      • Exclusive interview with Thomas a Kempis
      • Forty days of imitating Christ
    • Communicate to Change Lives: book and seminars
    • Intimacy with Christ: Beyond Information and Involvement
    • Is there purpose in pain? An excerpt
    • Jesus: His life and lessons . . . on love
    • Jesus: His Life and Lessons Introduction
    • My book list
    • Overcoming Fear and Worry excerpt
    • Revised section on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’
    • Seven reasons God may not be answering our prayers
    • Study guide for God, I Don’t Understand
    • The Christmas story in chronological order
    • Three books to keep Christ in Christmas
    • Why? Why? Why?
    • Writing with Banana Peels
    • Writing with Banana Peels: excerpt
  • Cartoons
    • A Very Twitter Christmas
    • Cartoon Backups
    • Cartoons from far, far away
    • Cartoons on love, marriage, sex . . .
    • Cartoons on parenthood
    • Cartoons on writing
    • Easter cartoons
    • Facebook cartoons
    • Hope and Ho! Ho! Ho!
    • Hope&Humor cartoons on Dad
    • My predictions for New Year . . .
    • Pro-life cartoons
  • Talks
  • Videos
    • Comedy-drama scripts
  • Writer Resources
    • ‘Crossing over’ with the cross
    • ‘I’m a giant killer!’
    • Are authors in their ‘write’ minds?
    • Atomic-powered titles
    • Best time to post on Facebook?
    • Communicate to Change Lives: Using Psychological Appeals
    • Confessions of an author/speaker
    • Don’t become a digital dinosaur
    • Don’t sabotage your writing/speaking career
    • Endear yourself to an editor
    • Freelancing offers freedom ‘real job’ can’t
    • From stage to page: turning messages into manuscripts
    • How to become a million-selling author
    • How to hook today’s Internet users
    • How to prepare a manuscript for publication
    • Inside look at publishing industry
    • Patron saint of freelance writers
    • Quips and quotations on writing
    • Self-publishers and piranhas
    • Seven habits of the purpose-driven writer
    • Seven questions to ask a prospective agent
    • So, you want to write a book?
    • Soaring with eagles, walking with emus
    • Taking Word to Worldwide Web
    • The Ten Creative Commandments
    • Three new ‘must haves’ for today’s writers
    • Writing effective book proposals
    • Your ‘write’ role
Easter eggs
Holidays Spirituality 

Lent and Easter devos, humor, more . . .

February 16, 2021February 22, 2021 jameswatkins 7 Comments comedy, Easter, Easter worship recourses, free Easter readings, Good Friday, humor, Lent

Lent, not to be confused with that stuff in the dryer filter, is a time of spiritual preparation for Easter.

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Rejection
Hope Writing 

So, your writing got rejected?

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Writers, be encouraged when you receive a rejection slip! King Solomon had a huge “platform” and social network. “They came

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couple in love
Humor Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality 

Love, marriage, sex . . .

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments love, marriage, sex, sexuality

Welcome to my annual salute to love, marriage and sex. If you’re single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, widowed or “it’s

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I'm a mess. You're a mess.
Health Hope Relationships Spirituality 

I’m a mess. You’re a mess.

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments depression, hot mess, I'm a mess, mental health, mess, Messiah

Listen or read At a conference, I shared that this “award-winning author” and “globe-trotting speaker” is a great, big, slobbering

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Flaming-emails
How To Issues Spirituality Writing 

Dealing with ‘flaming’ emails and comments

January 25, 2021January 23, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments dealing with, flaming emails, Internet trolls, negativity, writing

A writer friend asked me how I deal with “flaming” emails and comments. (Apparently she assumed not everyone loves my

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pro pro life
Health Issues Spirituality 

Pro-life from womb to tomb

January 22, 2021February 4, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments abortion, Black Lives Matter, capital punishment, euthanasia, from womb to tomb, pro-life and, prolife and

As one who considers himself “pro-life,” I’m concerned that many in the “Right To Life” movement may not be as

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Issues Spirituality 

You want me to pray for whom?

January 20, 2021January 25, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments dictators, opposition, pray for leaders, praying for leaders

I get it. Half of the country is celebrating the 2020 election results and half are mourning. (What a close

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Hi, I’m James (call me Jim) Watkins and all you really need to know about me is that I’m an author, speaker and clinically depressed soul who, by God’s grace, writes encouraging and entertaining books, articles and online posts. Isn’t that crazy?!

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