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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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    • Heavy topics with a light touch
      • What we haven’t learned from 9/11
    • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
  • Book excerpts
    • Breaking habits before they break you
    • Changing lives for nearly 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’
    • Seven reasons God may not be answering our prayers
    • 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
  • Talks
  • 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

Spirituality

Health Hope Relationships Spirituality 

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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God I Don't Understand
Hope Spirituality 

Why? Why? Why?

December 31, 2018December 31, 2020 jameswatkins 0 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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Red-Blue Counties
Issues Relationships Spirituality 

The Un-tied States of America

October 15, 2018January 16, 2021 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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Worry
Health Spirituality 

You may be depressed if . . .

July 5, 2018April 10, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christians and depression, Signs of, symptoms of

While at a recent writer’s conference, five or six us started talking about depression. We went around the table. “I’m

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Alzheimers
Health Hope Relationships Spirituality 

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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Steve Winwood, Higher Love
Relationships Spirituality 

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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Imitation of Christ
Spirituality 

The Imitation of Christ in modern language

November 6, 2016January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments classic devotional, Imitation of Christ, Modernization, The Imitation of Christ in modern lnguage, Thomas a Kempis

Thomas à Kempis’ Imitation of Christ has been a best-seller for nearly 600 years! (It was first copied in 1420!)

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Howard Beale: Made prophet of the airwaves
Hope Issues Spirituality 

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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Who Would Jesus Elect?
Issues Spirituality 

WWJE: Who Would Jesus Elect?

September 3, 2016January 12, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments ballot, election, Jesus on

September 2016 “Since President Jimmy Carter’s 1976 profession that he was born again, voters have expected a faith narrative,” reports

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Ayatollah Khamenei
Spirituality 

Are Christianity and Islam peaceful religions?

March 10, 2016January 10, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments a religion of law, a religion of peace, Christianity, Islam, What do Christians believe?, What do Muslims believe?

March 2016 When Islamic terrorists flew commercial airliners into the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon and the ground in Pennsylvania,

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Civil War
Hope Issues Spirituality 

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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Christian jackolantern
Holidays Issues Spirituality 

Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

October 12, 2015January 11, 2021 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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Jesus stained glass
Spirituality 

You can’t love Christ and hate his Church

May 18, 2015December 30, 2020 jameswatkins 0 Comments church, Jesus, organized church, The Body of Christ

Today is Pentecost Sunday, so it’s a good time to remember, the church may not be perfect, but it is

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granda-and-grandaughters
Relationships Spirituality 

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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Cross in sun
Holidays Spirituality 

‘It is finished’?!

February 13, 2015March 22, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments encouragement, Good Friday, hope, It is Finished

It seems a strange claim to make before his resurrection . . . I have to admit my childhood memories

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high pressure
Hope Spirituality 

‘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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Hope Relationships Spirituality 

God has a plan for new year

December 30, 2014December 24, 2020 jameswatkins 1 Comment

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

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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Holidays Hope Spirituality 

‘There is no peace on earth’

December 23, 2014March 30, 2021 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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Holidays Hope Humor Spirituality 

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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Hi, I’m James (call me Jim) Watkins and all you really need to know about me is that I’m an author, speaker and clinically depressed soul who, by God’s grace, writes encouraging and entertaining books, articles and online posts. Isn’t that crazy?!

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Hope: Hi, I’m Jim. I have clinical depression


Humor: Yep, I’m Intolerant!

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