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James Watkins: Hope & Humor

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  • 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
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    • 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

depression

Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac
Health Hope How To Humor Relationships Spirituality 

Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac

January 12, 2023February 1, 2023 jameswatkins 3 Comments anxiety, biblical, bipolar, depression, devotional, devotions, Faith A. Watkins, Faith Watkins, hope, hopeful helpful, humor, humorous, inspiration, James Watkins, mental health, prozac, Prozac store, PTSD

My latest book, Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac, is co-authored by my favorite daughter, Faith A. Watkins. It

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mental health
Health Hope 

Hope and mental health

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, Christianity, church, depression, hope and humor, mental health

May is “Mental Health” month, so “Hi, I’m Jim. I struggle with mental health issues.” Yep, I have clinical depression,

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Pozac
Health Hope How To Humor Spirituality 

Local paper features ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac’

February 3, 2022February 1, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, depression, devotional, Faith A. Watkins, help, hope, humor, prozac

‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac’ Father-daughter duo’s new devotional book, focused on mental illness, the Bible and how

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac Help, Hope, Humor
Health Hope How To Humor Spirituality 

My personal experience with mental illness

January 15, 2022January 15, 2023 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, bipolar, depression, help, hope, humor, mental health, review

Thanks to WriterKat for her honest post at Medium.com: Mental health issues seem to come with a gift in the

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Corona virus hangover
Health Hope How To 

3 ways to recover from ‘Corona hangover’

September 12, 2021January 3, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments aftermath, anxiety, consequences, corona virus, COVID, depression, hangover, side effects, stress

Quick COVID resources • For kids: Calming COVID concerns (Text and video) • Top ten ways God may be working

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Overcoming depression in writing
Health Writing 

How to overcome depression

August 11, 2021December 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments depression, overcoming depression, writers, writing while depressed

Writers and poets have a higher rate of clinical depression than the general public, but it’s what makes them more

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Emojis
Health Hope 

Emotions real, but not reality

June 20, 2021July 2, 2021 jameswatkins 10 Comments dealing with, depression, emotions, fear, sadness

During the American Civil War, the Confederate Navy filled Mobile Bay on the Gulf of Mexico with mines, which at

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I'm a mess. You're a mess.
Health Hope Relationships Spirituality 

I’m a mess. You’re a mess.

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 jameswatkins 3 Comments depression, hot mess, I'm a mess, mental health, mess, Messiah

Listen or read At a conference, I shared that this “award-winning author” and “globe-trotting speaker” is a great, big, slobbering

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pen and darkness
Health Hope Writing 

Writing in the Dark

July 20, 2020July 21, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments authors, depression, overcoming depression, without inspiration, writers, writing

Hi, I’m Jim. I have clinical depression. That’s probably a bit of a shock to those who know me simply

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Worry
Health Spirituality 

You may be depressed if . . .

July 5, 2018July 21, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christians and depression, 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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Health Hope 

Hi, I’m Jim. I’m clinically depressed.

January 9, 2000January 9, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments anxiety, depression, the church and depression

Watch video That’s probably surprising to those who know me as a humor writer, very funny conference speaker and one

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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?!

Videos


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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