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9-11 Memorial

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Hope amid horror: remembering 9/11

September 11, 2022September 10, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments 9-11-2001, commentary, hope, remembrance, terrorist attacks

September 11, 2001 That date has been burned into our country’s memory along with December 7, November 22, and April

Praise the Lord and Pass the Pozac

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

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 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

Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac

August 18, 2022September 13, 2022 jameswatkins 1 Comment 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

Faith A. Watkins and James N. Watkins offer prescription-strength hope, help and humor, now available over-the-counter at Amazon The devotional

Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Mothers’ Day!

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope, humor, Mothers Day

Here are my favorite columns and cartoons for these amazing people called “Mom.” Have a great day! • Faith of

Hope of Spring

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Hope—and humor—spring eternal!

March 16, 2021April 26, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Christian, faith, help, hope, humor

Here are my favorite hopeful posts as we celebrate the arrival of spring! • Are you listening to Goliath or

What would Jesus say about corona virus

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What would Jesus say about COVID-19?

April 2, 2020April 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, hope, What would Jesus say about

Watch video During the time of Jesus, leprosy, cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox and dysentery suppressed life expectancy to the age of

Samson and Deliah

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Son of a saint!

March 29, 2020March 29, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments hope, parenting, prodigal children, Samson

When godly parents have not-so-godly children Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: “O Lord, I beg you . . .

Alzheimers

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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

Cross in sun

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‘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

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

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‘There is no peace on earth’

December 23, 2014November 26, 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

stormy seas

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Finding still waters in the storm

October 6, 2014March 31, 2021 jameswatkins 1 Comment hope, hope for clergy, hope for ministers, hope for pastors, stormy seas

For my friends in ministry, are you ready to resign? (Of course you are! It’s Monday.) Here’s some hope and

Roller coaster

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Dealing with career highs and lows

June 25, 2014January 13, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments downsizing, encouragement, hope, layoff, unemployment

Today, I don’t have any articles or books to write. No international—or even the monthly meeting of the Corn Borer

World Trade Center Cross

Hope amid horror

September 11, 2006August 27, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments 9/11, cross, hope

September 11, 2006 For those of us glued to our TVs on September 11, 2001, certain images are forever burned

faith sun is shining

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Do those who commit suicide go to heaven?

January 2, 2000January 2, 2021 jameswatkins 0 Comments Do those who commit suicide go to heaven? suicide, heaven, hope

“I’m sitting here with a loaded shotgun. I want my family back or I pull the trigger,” Al* threatened over