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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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    • 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

How To

Introverted Christmas
Holidays How To 

Have yourself an introverted Christmas

November 25, 2020December 6, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas stress, How to Survive, Introverts, overcoming

While most people thrive on the holiday hustle and bustle of parties, crowded malls and family gatherings, we introverts would

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The Light of the World
Holidays How To Issues Spirituality 

Putting the X back in Xmas

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments The true meaning of Christmas, What does Christmas mean?

At the risk of sounding like “The Grinch,” Ebeneezer Scrooge, and Henry Potter all gift-wrapped into one big “Humbug,” I’d

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Graduation advice
Hope How To Humor Relationships 

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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Big buts of the Bible
How To Spirituality 

Bible study tools

June 19, 2019January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments Bible study, Bible study tools

I enjoy teaching a class for writers—and normal people—called Correctly Handling the Word in Writing. So, here are several of

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Worry
Hope How To Spirituality 

Overcoming fear and worry: excerpt

April 1, 2019April 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments fear, overcoming, worry

Introduction Hi. I’m Jim. I’m a recovering worrier, who has been worry-free for over forty years now. Well, not in

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sex education
How To Relationships Sexuality 

Talking to your kids about s-e-x

March 29, 2015March 29, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments parents, sex education, start young

I’ve always believed that sex education needs to begin as soon as you bring that little bundle of joy home

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Balanced rocks
Health How To 

Hope for balance in life

March 23, 2015January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 7 Comments balanced life, finding balance, keeping your balance

If I hear another pastor, teacher or speaker proclaim, as if from Mount Sinai, “Put God first, your family second,

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Not rejected
Hope How To Writing 

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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Roller coaster
Hope How To Spirituality 

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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Golf pants wild
Hope How To Humor Spirituality 

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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Jack-the-ripper
How To Uncategorized Writing 

Killing orphans and widows: a lexicon of literary lingo

January 15, 2007September 7, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments jargon, journalism, killing orphans, killing widows, lingo, printer, publishing, terms

Publishing is a bloody business! Editors kill widows and orphans, set deadlines and issue kill fees. Graphic designers maintain a

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grief depression
Health Hope How To Relationships Spirituality 

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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Big buts of the Bible
How To Spirituality 

What does the Bible really say?

August 2, 2003January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Bible study, how to study Bible, understanding the Bible

The Bible should be registered as a lethal weapon! Hebrews 4:12 warns us “the word of God is living and

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Graduation advice
How To Humor 

Top ten things you won’t hear at commencement

March 30, 2001March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments advice, comdey, 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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Talking to children about war, school shootings, riots, war
How To Relationships 

Talking to children about war, terrorism, school violence

March 29, 2000March 29, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments riots, school shootings, talking to children about, terrorism, war

Dr. Mary Manz Simon, early childhood educator, quotes The Why Files: Is There Really Life After Death? in this important

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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?!

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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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