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Top ten lessons from 2020

December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope and humor, James Watkins, Lessons from Covid-19, top ten lessons, top ten list

Photo: March 2020 Hunter-gatherer returns from early morning hunt for elusive prey, the toiletus papyrus. I have in my sanitized

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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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We wish you a PC Christmas

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas comedy, Christmas humor, PC Christmas, Politically-correct holidays

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in the frozen wasteland of Corn Borer,Indiana, this month’s

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The strain of polarization

October 1, 2020April 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments black and white thinking, partisan politics, polarization

America is feeling the strain of polarization. In developmental psychology, the ability to see a wide range of good and

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‘White Christian’ responds to charge of racism, supremacy

May 27, 2020January 21, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments Christian, Christian racists, Jesus, white supremacist

I am furious—and brokenhearted—after receiving this comment on my website: White. Christians. Not. Only. Support. Trump. They. Support. White. Police.

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Where are You God?

May 22, 2020April 1, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments depsair, doubt, loss, Where are you God?

Where are You God? Learning to Trust When Times Are Tough is a 365-day devotional and journal to which I

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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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If a friend is thinking about suicide . . .

January 2, 2019January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope and help, My friend is thinking about suicide, suicide

This page attempts to answer: • Is it normal to want to just die? • Will these feelings go away?

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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

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There must be higher love

January 1, 2018January 3, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Higher Love, Is there a higher love, love

Remember the 1986 hit song “Higher Love”? English rocker Steve Winwood won two Grammy awards singing: Think about it, there

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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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Becoming like little children

February 16, 2015January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments

I’m turning 63 today. Old enough to draw Social Security while it’s still around and young enough to enjoy life

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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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Top ten things my dad taught me

November 8, 2010March 30, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments dad, fathers, Fathers Day, humor, top ten list

November 2010 I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s category: top