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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

Encouragement and entertainment from award-winning author

James Watkins: Hope & Humor

  • About
    • 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
  • 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

Holidays

Fruitcake for the Soul
Holidays Spirituality 

Fruitcake for the soul

November 26, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas, Christmas poetry, Christmas reading, Fruit Cake for the Soul, Fruitcake for the Soul, Inspirational, Kmart, Macys

Pour a cup of hot chocolate, turn on the tree, and enjoy some sweet and some nutty Christmas poetry and

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The 12 Sites of Chrismas
Holidays Hope Humor 

The 12 Sites of Christmas

November 26, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas cartoons, Christmas comedy, Christmas humor, Christmas poetry, Christmas quotes, Christmas videos, St. Nicholas is real, Twelve sites of Christmas

I may not be your “true love,” but I do have some hope and ho! ho! ho! with cartoons, videos

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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Holidays Spirituality 

Ten best–and worst–Christmas movies

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Best and worst, Best and worst Christmas movies, Christmas movies, Elmo Saves Christmas, Ernest Saves Christmas, Felix The Cat Saves Christmas, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Silent Night Deadly Night

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in wintry northern Indiana, tonight’s Top Ten Best—and Worst—Christmas

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Mary-Annunciation
Holidays Spirituality 

Mary, Did We Know?

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments announcement, Did You Know, Mary, Mary the Mother of Jesus, Mary's reaction to, The Annunciation

We don’t know what Mary was thinking when the angel proclaimed an outrageous proposition. Perhaps . . . “Greetings, you

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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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Santa on naughty list
Holidays Humor 

Top ten reasons Santa on naughty list

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas humor, comedy, Santa not role model, Santa on naughty list

I have in my right mitten, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s category: Top ten reasons

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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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Piles of Christmas gifts
Holidays 

Top ten signs you’ve spent too much money on Christmas presents

November 25, 2020November 25, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christmas top ten list, extravagent spending, top ten lists

Direct from my home office in snow-swept Corn Borer, Indiana, I have in my bright red mitten: Top ten signs

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Aluminum Christmas tree
Holidays Issues Relationships 

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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Shrek as Santa
Holidays Humor Uncategorized 

A Christmas tree called Shrek

November 25, 2020November 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Charley Brown Christmas, Christmas humor, Christmas trees, Shrek

I’ve been known to name my cars, and even my guitar (“Lois”), but never a Christmas tree—until last year. Christmas

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barren desert
Holidays Hope Spirituality 

Thanks for nothing

November 22, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive

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Thanksgiving Norman Rockwell
Holidays Hope Spirituality 

Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?!

November 15, 2020January 11, 2021 jameswatkins 2 Comments not thankful, thanks for nothing, thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2020 is going to look very different this year. No huge family gatherings. No large crowd at Macy’s Thanksgiving

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Fall hope and humor
Holidays Hope Humor Spirituality 

Giving thanks despite pandemic, supply chain crisis

November 2, 2020December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments thanks for nothing, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving cartoons, Thanksgiving comedy, Thanksgiving humor, turkey trivia

Last year—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—I posted, “Will Thanksgiving suck like a turkey baster?” Thanks to masks and

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Corn Stalker
Holidays Humor Spirituality 

Hope and humor and Halloween

October 17, 2020November 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Halloween, Ouija boards, real, Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

Hi, I’m Jim Watkins: author, speaker, and—for my grandkiddos—”Corn Stalker.” (It’s what we do in Corn Borer, Indiana!) Welcome to

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Palms and ashes
Holidays Spirituality 

When praises turn to ashes

March 6, 2019February 5, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Ash Wednesday, disappointments, disasters, Palm Sunday

Many churches burn the branches from Palm Sunday of the previous year to use for the current year’s Ash Wednesday.

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Welcome

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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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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Categories

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