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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
  • 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

Hope

REJECTED
Hope Writing 

So, your writing got rejected?

February 22, 2021February 26, 2021 jameswatkins 4 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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Can women preach?
Hope Humor Relationships Spirituality 

Top ten posts of 2020

January 1, 2021January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s category: Top ten posts

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Holidays Hope Relationships Spirituality 

Have a God-directed New Year!

December 27, 2020January 3, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope and humor, New Years, predictions, resolutions

• My annual predictions for the New Year My annual predictions for the New Year have been 99 percent accurate

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How the WHO Stole Christmas
Health Holidays Hope Humor 

How the WHO stole Christmas

November 27, 2020April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Watch the video Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. But the World Health Organization did not. This

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The 12 Sites of Chrismas
Holidays Hope Humor 

The 12 Sites of Christmas

November 26, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas cartoons, Christmas comedy, Christmas humor, Christmas poetry, Christmas quotes, Christmas videos, St. Nicholas is real, Twelve sites of Christmas

I may not be your “true love,” but I do have some hope and ho! ho! ho! with cartoons, videos

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mental health
Health Hope How To Humor Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality Writing 

Enjoy encouragement, entertainment, endorphins

November 26, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Welcome to hope and humor! Brain imaging has revealed laughter produces natural opiates which promote a sense of euphoria and

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barren desert
Holidays Hope Spirituality 

Thanks for nothing

November 22, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive

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Thanksgiving Norman Rockwell
Holidays Hope Spirituality 

Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?!

November 15, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments not thankful, thanks for nothing, thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2020 is going to look very different this year. No huge family gatherings. No large crowd at Macy’s Thanksgiving

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Fall hope and humor
Holidays Hope Humor Spirituality 

Giving thanks despite pandemic, supply chain crisis

November 2, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments thanks for nothing, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving cartoons, Thanksgiving comedy, Thanksgiving humor, turkey trivia

Last year—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—I posted, “Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?” Thanks to masks and

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Twas the Night Before Voting
Hope Humor Issues 

‘Twas the Night Before Voting . . .

November 2, 2020March 30, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments comedy, election, God's will, humor, presidential vote, Twas the Night Before Voting

Watch the video ‘Twas the night before voting, when all through the land, Every voter was fretting and wringing their

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Pastor Appreciation
Hope Spirituality 

October is Pastor Appreciation Month

September 12, 2020November 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments clergy resources, Pastor Appreciation Month, pastor resources

While this month is designated Pastor Appreciation Month, every month should be filled with appreciation for the selfless and sacrificial

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9-11 Memorial
Hope Issues Spirituality 

Hope amid horror: remembering 9/11

September 1, 2020September 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 9-11-2001, commentary, hope, remembrance, terrorist attacks

September 11, 2001 That date has been burned into our country’s memory along with December 7, November 22, and April

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Olympic Fail
Hope Spirituality Writing 

Christians get do-overs

August 5, 2020September 13, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments competition, do overs, forgiveness, Olympic fails, Olympics

Olympic athletes don’t get do-overs Japan’s gymnast “King” Kohei Uchimura had reigned supreme winning every world and Olympic title from

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Hope for suicidal thoughts
Health Hope 

Hope and help for suicidal thoughts

July 26, 2020January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Do those who commit suicide go to heaven? suicidal thoughts, hope and help, suicide

The National Center for Health Statistics recently reported that the suicide rate across the U.S. increased 35% between 1999 and

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Welcome

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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