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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Encouragement and entertainment from award-winning author

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
    • #3 The Christmas story in chronological order
    • #4: 7 reasons God may not be answering prayers
    • Breaking habits before they break you
    • Changing lives for over 600 years!
      • #5: Forty days of imitating Christ
      • Exclusive interview with Thomas a Kempis
    • 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
    • Why? Why? Why?
    • Writing with Banana Peels
    • Writing with Banana Peels: excerpt
  • Memes
    • 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

Issues

Raphie-soap-Christmas Story
Issues 

#2: Truly offensive four-letter words

November 23, 2023November 24, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments dirty words, four-letter words, what's wrong with

I knew something was wrong the second I said it. While on a speaking tour of Australia, our host had

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Can women preach?
Issues Relationships Spirituality 

#3: 1 Timothy 2:12 What was Paul thinking?!

November 23, 2023November 24, 2023 jameswatkins 6 Comments 1 Timothy 2:12, authority, Bible, complementarianism, egalitarian, headship, teach, Timothy, woman, women, women in ministry, women's rights

The apostle wrote, “I do not permit me a woman to teach or have authority over a man. She must

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Trump waving Bible
Issues 

#5:Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read

November 23, 2023November 24, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments Bible, Donald Trump, reading, top ten list, Trump

March 2016 “Nobody reads the Bible more than me,” the then-presidential candidate claimed in an interview with TheHill.com. Trump also

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God I Don't Understand
Hope Issues Spirituality 

#7: 7 reasons God may not be answering prayers

November 23, 2023November 24, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments book, disappointment, faith, James Watkins, questions, spirituallity, unanswered prayer, with God

On the kitchen wall in my boyhood home hung a plaque that promised “God Answers Prayer.” Because of those words,

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Love
Humor Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality 

Love, marriage, sex . . .

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 jameswatkins 2 Comments love, marriage, relationships, sex, sexuality

Welcome to my annual salute to love, marriage and sex. If you’re single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, widowed or “it’s

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mother and child in war
Hope Issues 

When is war ‘just’?

October 11, 2022October 11, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments Hamas, Israel, Israele-Hamas War, Jesus on war, just war, war, when is war just

St. Augustine, a 4th century church leader, believed that war was always a sin, and if there had to be

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Christian jackolantern
Holidays Issues Spirituality 

Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

September 26, 2022November 1, 2023 jameswatkins 8 Comments Halloween, Should Christian celebrate Halloween?

Search Google for “Should Christians celebrate Halloween?” and you’ll get about one thousand sites covering everything from “it’s completely harmless”

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Red-Blue Counties
Issues Relationships Spirituality 

The Un-tied States of America

September 10, 2022November 4, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments 2020 election, anger, healing, insurrection, political division

Graphic: Vote by counties in the 2020 election. Red, Republican; blue Democrat A study by Michigan State University notes: Far

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Live with passion, purpose and pizzaz!
Health Hope How To Humor Issues Relationships Spirituality 

#8 Book promises passion, purpose and pizazz

July 30, 2022August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 7 Comments ageing, aging, becoming old, body, comedy, humor, If You're Not Dead, image, James N. Watkins, Johnny Hawkins, older, process, signs, You're Not Done

Hi, I’m Jim. Welcome to Agers Anonymous. This is my brand-new support group, based on my brand-new book, If You’re

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James Watkins on break
Health Holidays Hope How To Humor Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality Writing 

Have a great break

June 21, 2022July 31, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, Bible, comedy, depression, God I don't understand, hope, humor, James Watkins, summer fun, top ten lists, unanswered prayer

You and I both need a vacation, but fear not! You can find hundreds of articles, book excerpts,

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racial harmony
Issues Relationships Spirituality 

Race relations by the numbers

June 19, 2022August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments race, race and church, racial harmony, racial injustice, racial segregation

My memory from riding to Florida in the back of my grandfather’s Buick was the shock of seeing unpainted houses

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Jesus-Stained-Glass
Issues Spirituality 

Can you love Christ and hate his Church?

June 3, 2022June 5, 2022 jameswatkins 1 Comment church, Holy Spirit, Jesus, organized church, The Body of Christ, What is Pentecost Sunday?, Why should I attend church?

Pentecost Sunday The blogosphere is filled with posts on “Why I Hate the Church.” Some have valid points painfully writing

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Gay Pride
Health Hope Issues Relationships Sexuality Spirituality 

Gay pride prompts sad, embarrassing animosity

June 1, 2022August 21, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments

May I offer a compromise to the sad and shameful animosity between those celebrating June as “Gay Pride Month” and

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Online since 1997
Holidays Hope Humor Issues Spirituality 

Top ten posts at Hope&Humor

January 17, 2022February 1, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments

II have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, the top ten posts at

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Donald Trump waving Bible in front of church
Issues Spirituality 

Top ten Bible verses Donald Trump may want to read

January 13, 2022January 18, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments Bible, Donald Trump, photo op

March 2016 “Nobody reads the Bible more than me,” the then-presidential candidate claimed in an interview with TheHill.com. Trump also

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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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