Hope – Page 4 – James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Why? Why? Why?

December 31, 2018December 31, 2020 jameswatkins 2 Comments God I don't understand, Psalms of Asaph, unanswered prayer, unfulfilled promises, unpunished evil

A three-year-old’s favorite word is why. “Johnny, hold my hand while we cross the street.” “Why?” “Because I don’t want

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All’s not lost with Alzheimer’s

January 2, 2018March 8, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Alzheimer's disease, hope, If You're Not Dead, Is not gone, The Best of You, You're Not Done

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is

Howard Beale: Made prophet of the airwaves

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To angry voters . . .

November 1, 2016January 15, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments anger, election, hate, rhetoric

This classic rant sounds straight from Election 2020: I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things

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God is on our side . . . and theirs

January 7, 2016January 7, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Antifa, Civil War, conservative right, division, liberal left, Proud Boys

America has always been more “un-united” than “United” during my lifetime: deadly race riots, protests of unpopular wars, bitter political

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Sure beats a kidney stone!

March 2, 2015January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments pain, perspective, purpose

Everyone needs to have a kidney stone once in his or her lifetime. Preferably, the sooner the better. You see,

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‘Pressed . . . but not crushed’

January 20, 2015January 12, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments dealing with, hardships, pressure, stress

From November 2011 In less than one week (six days to be exact) . . . . . . my

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God has a plan for new year

December 30, 2014November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 1 Comment Does God know the future?, God is in control?, God's guidance, God's will, Is God in control?, providence

The tabloids are no longer making their outrageous predictions for the New Year. (Perhaps my mocking of their dismal record

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‘There is no peace on earth’

December 23, 2014November 23, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, despair, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, hope, I Heard the Bell

“Peace on earth” seems only a hollow Christmas card cliche today what with civil wars, terrorist attacks and rioting in

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Thanksgiving cartoons

November 25, 2014January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Thanksgiving cartoons, Thanksgiving comedy, Thanksgiving humor

Wishing you a wonderful time of Thanksgiving with family and friends. Here are my favorite cartoons for this wonderful time

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What about euthanasia’s ‘death with dignity’?

October 21, 2014January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments death with dignity, euthanasia, immoral, mercy killing, moral

Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard plans to die on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Maynard was diagnosed with grade II Astrocytoma, a severe

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Finding still waters in the storm

October 6, 2014March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 1 Comment hope, hope for clergy, hope for ministers, hope for pastors, stormy seas

For my friends in ministry, are you ready to resign? (Of course you are! It’s Monday.) Here’s some hope and

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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