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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Encouragement and entertainment from award-winning author

James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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    • About ARTICLES
    • About BOOKS
    • About CARTOONS
    • About JIM
      • Press page
  • Articles
    • Heavy topics with a light touch
      • Coming out: my sexual identity crisis
      • God is never late—but he sure is slow
      • It Is Well with My Soul: the rest of the stories
      • Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read
      • Top ten lists
      • 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
    • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
  • Book excerpts
    • 7 reasons God may not be answering our prayers
    • Breaking habits before they break you
    • Changing lives for over 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
    • Jesus: His life and lessons . . . on love
    • Jesus: His Life and Lessons Introduction
    • My book list
    • Revised section on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’
    • Study guide for God, I Don’t Understand
    • The Christmas story in chronological order
    • 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
  • Comedy-drama scripts
  • Talks
  • Videos
    • Original music
  • 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

Author: jameswatkins

Faith Healer
Issues Spirituality 

Don’t ‘judge,’ but do deliberate

March 16, 2021July 12, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments faith healing, name it and claim it, prosperity gospel

Any time I question the actions or teachings of TV evanglists or other questionable behavior in the Body of Christ,

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Hope of Spring
Hope Spirituality 

Hope—and humor—spring eternal!

March 16, 2021April 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christian, faith, help, hope, humor

Here are my favorite hopeful posts as we celebrate the arrival of spring! • Are you listening to Goliath or

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St. Patick not happy
Holidays Spirituality 

Mr. Patrick is not happy!

March 15, 2021March 20, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments didn't drive out snakes, The real St. Patrick, was English

I’m guessing that St. Patrick is not exactly happy with the celebration of his day. First, he’s not Irish but

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IT is not CHRISTIAN
Issues Spirituality 

‘It’ is not ‘Christian’

March 10, 2021June 11, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments adjective, Christian, ministries, organizations, unchristian

A well-respected Christian organization is reorganizing after the sex scandal of its founder and namesake. Meanwhile, a Christian college has

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Writing love
How To Writing 

Posting with love, truth and grace

March 7, 2021October 15, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments grace, love, truth, writing with

I think we can all agree that social media has put the coarse in discourse! The politically-correct media “cancels” opposing

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Ages Anonymous
Uncategorized 

If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Live with Purpose at Any Age James Watkins (Author), Jonny Hawkins (Illustrator), Cec Murphey (Foreword) Your personal odometer may be

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Easter eggs
Holidays Spirituality 

Lent and Easter cartoons, devos, humor, more . . .

March 1, 2021January 5, 2023 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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REJECTED
Hope Writing 

So, your writing got rejected?

February 22, 2021October 15, 2022 jameswatkins 5 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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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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Office Olympics
Humor 

Olympic office events

January 23, 2021August 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments comedy, copy machine, funny, humor, jokes, office, Olympic, Olympics

While the world’s attention is focused on gymnasts, swimmers, track stars, and weightlifters (along with all those retired athletes pitching

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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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Issues 

Preventing a second Civil War

January 7, 2021January 15, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Capitol, insurrection, riot, second Civil War

On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was invaded by the South Carolina militia triggering the Civil War. As you hopeful

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Broken Communion
Issues Spirituality 

What would Jesus say to a Church divided by politics?

January 6, 2021October 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments church, division, political, splits, What would Jesus say

October 2020 Pastor Keith Mannes recently left his Christian Reformed Church in Michigan saying the congregation had become too politicized.

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Welcome

Welcome! I’m Jim Watkins and all you really need to know about me is that I’m an author, a speaker and a clinically depressed soul who, by God’s grace, writes encouraging and entertaining books, articles and online posts. Isn’t that just like him?!

Videos


Sit-down comedy from brand new book: If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done!


“I’m Jim. I have clinical depression.” An honest, hopeful look at depression

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