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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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      • Happy holidays, American Family Association!
      • How to decide what’s right or wrong for you
      • James Watkins: Threat to society
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      • The Queen Mother of dirty words
      • The rest of the Bible story
      • The strain of polarization
      • To angry voters . . .
      • Top ten ways God may be working coronavirus for good
      • Top ten ways to reduce national debt
      • Verify! Verify! Verify!
      • We are strong! We will survive!
      • We Light This Candle: a reading following a terrorist attack
      • What we haven’t learned from 9/11
      • When is war ‘just’?
      • Which witch which?
      • White, ‘woke’ . . . and ‘privileged’
      • Why are guys such boobs about breasts?
      • Why are some people so bent out of shape about homosexuality?
      • Why does ‘Grinch’ Laden hate the U’s?!
      • Why I’m not forwarding this prayer
      • You want me to pray for whom?!
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      • Action-figure Jesus!
      • Angels don’t come from Hallmark
      • Are you struggling with ‘suck-cess’?
      • Breaking up without breaking down
      • Con-grad-ulations!
      • Do you have 20/20 vision?
      • Easter quips and quotations
      • Episode I: Why? Why? Why?
      • Falling in love–and getting back up
      • Finely-aged believers
      • God’s will is not lost: for those trying to find it
      • Happy Thanks-living
      • Has your brook died up?
      • Have yourself an introverted Christmas
      • Holy Ghost! Who he is . . . and isn’t
      • Hope amid horror
      • Hope amid horror
      • Hope and humor’s salute to summer
      • iNo hablo, Estrogen! Becoming gender bilingual
      • It is a wonderful life
      • Les Miserables on love, grace and forgiveness
      • Light for ‘the dark night of the soul’
      • Managing your time . . . and sanity
      • Mary, did we know?
      • Mood-altering hugs
      • My ‘real’ job
      • My top ten favorite Bible verses
      • Original music
      • Someone to believe in
      • Son of a saint
      • The year of the dog
      • This ‘Force’ never sleeps
      • Top ten list: When you’re voted out
      • Top ten reasons to give thanks . . . when you think you don’t have any
      • Top ten secrets to staying married
      • Top ten things I’ve learned from cancer
      • We Light This Candle: a reading following a terrorist attack
      • We wish you a merry funeral
      • Who is the supreme super hero?
      • Why we do what we do
      • Why? Some thoughts on life’s tough questions
      • World Hope aids caregivers in Zambia
      • You may be a parent if . . .
      • Your best year yet
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      • Barbie gets real at 55
      • Considering a post-clergy career?
      • Faith of Our Mothers
      • I’m eight pills old
      • I’m going to be a ‘G-Daddy’
      • Introducing JamesWatkins 60.0
      • Laughing matters
      • My air travel survival guide
      • Office Olympics
      • Ten top things you won’t hear at commencement
      • Thanksgiving turkey trivia
      • The He-Man Sports Haters Club
      • The New Living Amplified Paraphrased King James Watkins Version
      • The Papoose-Driven Life
      • The truth about urban legends
      • The Twitter Bible
      • The Whoopie Cushion Code
      • Top ten things my dad taught me
      • Top ten things my mom taught me
      • Top ten things you won’t hear at commencement
      • Top ten wishes for my 50th birthday
      • Weighty issues
      • What were these parents thinking?!
      • Yep! I’m intolerant!
      • You can fix anything with duct tape . . .
      • You may be a parent if . . .
      • You may be a parent if . . .
    • If you were to ask my dad . . .
    • Interview with Jerry B. Jenkins
    • My statement on Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
    • My top ten most influential books
    • Poop from Kathy Troyer
    • Remembering God’s wonders, miracles . . .
    • The 12 Sites of Christmas
      • ‘The 365 Days of Christmas’
      • A Christmas tree named ‘Shrek’
      • Fruitcake for the soul
      • How Christmas saved a ‘grinch’
      • How the WHO stole Christmas
      • It’s the Most Difficult Time of the Year
      • Lamb of God: a ewe-nique Christmas story
      • Merry Christmas quotations
      • Putting the X back in Xmas
      • Ten best–and worst–Christmas movies
      • The 365 days of Christmas
      • The real St. Nick
      • Top ten reasons Santa on naughty list
      • Top ten signs you’ve spent too much money on Christmas presents
      • We wish you a PC Christmas
    • The Force Awakens universal questions
    • This post has move to . . .
    • What would Jesus say about coronavirus?
    • Why I am no longer seeking God’s will
    • Wounded shepherd: When is it time to leave the flock?
    • You may depressed if . . .
  • 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
    • Is there purpose in pain? An excerpt
    • Jesus: His life and lessons . . . on love
    • Jesus: His Life and Lessons Introduction
    • My book list
    • Overcoming Fear and Worry excerpt
    • Perfect love . . . for imperfect people
    • Revised section on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’
    • Seven reasons God may not be answering our prayers
    • Squeezing Good Out of Bad
      • Squeezing answers out of author
    • Study guide for God, I Don’t Understand
    • The Christmas story in chronological order
    • Three books to keep Christ in Christmas
    • Why? Why? Why?
    • Writing on tough, timely topics: Katie Robles
    • Writing with Banana Peels
    • Writing with Banana Peels: excerpt
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    • A Very Twitter Christmas
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    • Cartoons on love, marriage, sex . . .
    • Cartoons on parenthood
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    • My predictions for New Year . . .
    • Pro-life cartoons
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  • Writer Resources
    • ‘Crossing over’ with the cross
    • ‘I’m a giant killer!’
    • A not-so-glamorous day in life of an author/speaker
    • 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
    • Hope for wilted writers
    • 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
    • Marketing myths and distribution deceptions
    • 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

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Calming coronavirus concerns

March 24, 2020December 30, 2020 jameswatkins 5 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, hope

Hopeful and helpful resources for adults and children: • What would Jesus say about coronavirus? During the time of Jesus,

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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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What would Jesus say about the coronavirus?


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God, I Don't Understand
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