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Twenty-five rejection-proof markets

September 17, 2014January 13, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments rejection-proof, writing markets

With fewer and fewer publishers, producing fewer and fewer books, by fewer and fewer authors, books are extremely hard to

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Coincidences or ‘God-incidences’?

September 8, 2014January 12, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments Godincidences, providence

“The first girl you meet when you return to Marion College will become your wife.” No, this wasn’t the prediction

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Who, me walk on water?

August 27, 2014January 13, 2021 jameswatkins 1 Comment Christian life coach, life coach, Lois Farra Watkins, Lois Watkins

Today’s guest poster is my very favorite writer, Lois Farra Watkins. During our trip to Israel, we found ourselves boarding

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Dealing with career highs and lows

June 25, 2014January 13, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments downsizing, encouragement, hope, layoff, unemployment

Today, I don’t have any articles or books to write. No international—or even the monthly meeting of the Corn Borer

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Top ten things I (Jim) am giving up for Lent

April 8, 2014February 17, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments fear not, overcoming fear, Overcoming Fear and Worry, worry

If have in my right hand, direct from my home office, today’s category: Top ten things I (Jim) am giving

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Holy hardships!

March 31, 2013March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 2 Corinthians 4, Christ-likeness, hardships, overcoming, Romans 8:28, troubles

Life is filled with stress, pressure and hardships. But one of the most amazing, baffling and confusing scriptures is Hebrews

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Was God’s will accomplished on election day?

November 15, 2012January 15, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments for election day, God's, God's will, plan, presidential election

Rather than a book of answers or a systematic theology, the Bible is a book full of mysteries and intriguing

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It Is Well with My Soul: the rest of the stories

May 2, 2009January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments It is Well with My Soul, the rest of the stories, the true stories

You’ve probably heard the famous story of Haratio Spafford writing “It Is Well with My Soul” following the death of

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You may be depressed if . . .

January 9, 2009January 9, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments lack of motivation, signs of depression

While at a recent writer’s conference, five or six us started talking about depression. We went around the table. “I’m

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The Easter story in chronological order

January 2, 2008February 17, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Easter story, in chronological order, Jesus: His Life and Lessons

From Jesus: His Life and Lessons. I’ve divided the story into seven sections so you can choose to read a

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Keeping your dreams alive

December 30, 2007December 30, 2020 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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Hope and mental health

February 1, 2007January 8, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, Christianity, church, depression, hope and humor, mental health

“Hi, I’m Jim. I struggle with mental health issues.” Yep, I have clinical depression, ADD, OCD and, just to keep

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How do you deal with the death of a family member or a friend?

January 2, 2005January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments dealing with, death, grief, loss, mourning

Here are some excerpts from my book, The Why Files: Is There Really Life After Death?, that I hope will

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Encouraging quips and quotations

June 2, 2003January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments aphorisms, proverbsv, quips, quotations, quotes

I love collecting clever quotations. Here are some of my favorites: Some days you’re the pigeon; some days you’re the

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We are strong! We will survive! Reflections on 9/11

September 17, 2001January 14, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 09/11/01, newspaper colun, September 11

September 17, 2001 Like any print and online journalist worth his or her press card, I’ve scrambled to comment on

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God is such a ‘drama king’

January 11, 2001March 28, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments drama king, faith, fear, God, God's timing, trust

In an action/adventure film, the hero never defuses the bomb with one hour to spare. Not even one minute. It’s

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Holy Ghost? Who or what is he?

March 31, 2000March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, who is he? what is he?

“Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost . . . ” Many churches sing the “Doxology” as a part of their

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Managing your time and sanity

January 17, 2000April 6, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments time management

Is life coming at you like the old video game, Asteroids?! Well, let go of the joystick, sit down and

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Hi, I’m Jim. I’m clinically depressed.

January 9, 2000January 9, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, depression, the church and depression

Watch video That’s probably surprising to those who know me as a humor writer, very funny conference speaker and one