Hope – Page 3 – James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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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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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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 . . .

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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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 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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Writing in the Dark

July 20, 2020July 21, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments authors, depression, overcoming depression, without inspiration, writers, writing

Hi, I’m Jim. I have clinical depression. That’s probably a bit of a shock to those who know me simply

Hope Issues Spirituality

Dare to be ordinary

July 5, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments amazing grace, Benny Hinn, extraordinary, Joel Osteen, motivation, Napolean Hill, optimism, ordinary, Oswald Chambers, realism, Stephen Freeman, Tony Robbins, Vince Lombardi

From motivational posters and speakers to “positive thinking” and prosperity preaching, we’ve been taught that we can have whatever we

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Living a Spirit-filled life

May 23, 2020March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Today, churches celebrate God’s Spirit being freely poured out on the early church: Pentecost Sunday. Prior to this, God’s Spirit

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Top ten things you won’t hear at commencement

May 17, 2020March 30, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments advice, comedy, commencement, graduation, humor

Ever since Pebbles and Bam Bam graduated from Bedrock High, commencement speakers have been telling the crowd of cap and

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Top ten ways God may be working COVID-19 for good

April 2, 2020April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments coronas virus, COVID-19, Romans 8:28, working for good

Watch video I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today category: Top

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For kids: Calming COVID-19 concerns

April 2, 2020April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, fear, kids, talking to children about

Watch video Hey kids! Nearly every generation has faced some kind of worldwide health crisis. I’ve survived two of them,

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What would Jesus say about COVID-19?

April 2, 2020April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, hope, What would Jesus say about

Watch video During the time of Jesus, leprosy, cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox and dysentery suppressed life expectancy to the age of

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Son of a saint!

March 29, 2020March 29, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope, parenting, prodigal children, Samson

When godly parents have not-so-godly children Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: “O Lord, I beg you . . .

Mr. Rogers has a bad day in neighborhood

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Mr. Rogers’ ‘Terrible day in neighborhood’

November 24, 2019March 30, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments bad day in neighborhood, comedy, humor, Mr. Rogers

I’m sure that even Mr. Rogers had one of those days: It’s a terrible day in the neighborhood, A terrible