My Most Important Message in 40 Years
All my conference keynotes condensed into one essential talk Audio and text: After 40 years of traveling on the Christian
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How To
Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac
Preview: mental health resources with book excerpt, list of resources, and our playlist of encouraging songs My latest book, Praise
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Hope for balance in life
If I hear another pastor, teacher or speaker proclaim, as if from Mount Sinai, “Put God first, your family second,
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Submissions requirements
To expedite your book’s publication, please follow these instructions precisely: Single space lines, one space between sentences. Use common fonts:
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Publishing is brutal! I’m here to help.
Hi. Please call me Jim and I’d love to help through this bloody business of publishing. (We not only have
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Top ten things you won’t hear at commencement
Ever since Pebbles and Bam Bam graduated from Bedrock High, commencement speakers have been telling the crowd of cap and
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Freshly squeezed: Good Out of Bad
Happy sixteenth birthday, Squeezing Good Out of Bad! Yikes! It’s hard to believe that Squeezing Good Out of Bad is
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Intimacy with Christ: beyond information and involvement
Most churches are great at sharing information about Christ and many are good at providing opportunities for involvement for Christ.
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Have a great break
You and I both need a vacation, but fear not! You can find hundreds of articles, book excerpts,
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Local paper features ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the 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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My personal experience with mental illness
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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Top ten wishes for my 50th birthday
February 2002 Twenty-five years later, a revised version appears in If You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done! Even in old
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James Watkins: Writing coach
Does your writing need some CPR? I love teaching and coaching writers. It’s been a joy to work with hundreds
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James Watkins: Hoper
If you need some hope and humor, you’ve come to the right place! Here are over 100 posts full of
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3 ways to recover from ‘Corona hangover’
Quick COVID resources • For kids: Calming COVID concerns (Text and video) • Top ten ways God may be working
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