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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Encouragement and entertainment from award-winning author

James Watkins: Hope & Humor

  • About
    • 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
  • Events
  • 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

Emojis
Health Hope 

Emotions real, but not reality

June 20, 2021July 2, 2021 jameswatkins 10 Comments dealing with, depression, emotions, fear, sadness

During the American Civil War, the Confederate Navy filled Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico with mines, which at

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chocolate diamonds
Hope How To 

How to turn bad into good

June 20, 2021December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 7 Comments turn junk into treasure

Have you seen all those ads for Le Vian’s “unique chocolate diamonds”? The only problem is that brown diamonds are

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coat of many colors
Hope Spirituality 

Keeping your dreams alive

June 20, 2021July 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments death of dream, Joseph

Audio from conference keynote We all have dreams, no matter what age: to be a firefighter, a princess, a parent,

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Happy Father's Day
Holidays Hope Humor Relationships Spirituality 

Happy Father’s Day!

June 15, 2021June 2, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments

For the wonderful dads who are more than just fathers: • My ‘real job’ Nope, it’s not writing and speaking!

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male female brains different
Health Relationships Sexuality 

Men and women different from neck up

June 1, 2021April 17, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments differences, female brain, male brain, transgender

February 2001 Once again political correctness has trumped scientific research. Harvard University’s president, Lawrence Summer dared to suggest that the

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The Great Watkinso
Humor 

The amazing magic of The Great Watkinso

April 18, 2021May 4, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments Comedy magic, humor, magic

Presenting—without camera tricks or video effects—the classic conjuring and perplexing prestidigitation of  The Great Watkinso! Enjoy! And if you found

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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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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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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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