James N. Watkins

More than you’d ever want to know about James Norman Watkins. I read somewhere that people with several part-time jobs are happier than people with one full-time job, so I’m an:• author of thirteen books and over two thousand articles• acquisitions editor for Wesleyan Publishing House• conference speaker throughout North America and overseas• editorial advisor for ACW Press• online professor at Taylor University Fort Wayne• threat to society• child of God.The first six items above are what I do, but not who I am. Whether I succeed or fail in those jobs, I know that my identity is secure in being an unconditionally loved child of God.You’re still reading?! So, you’re obviously a government investigator, conference director or incurable insomniac. In that case, here is more than you’d ever want to know about one James Norman Watkins. (There’s even more in the press room.)I enjoy speaking at conferences throughout North America and overseas. I use humor, drama and practical messages to communicate with teens, parents, adults, pastors and writers.As an author, I’ve has sold over two thousand articles, devotions, editorials, hard-news stories, poems, reviews, scripts, short stories and song lyrics, as well as over one hundred color and black/white photos. My work has appeared in Campus Life, The Christian Communicator, The Christian Reader, Christianity Today, Decision, The Door, Focus on the Family, Leadership, Moody, Rev., Today’s Christian Woman and War Cry as well as more than fifty independent and denominational religious publications, plus secular periodicals. For fifteen years I wrote a weekly column in three newspapers. Currently I write a column each issue for Rev. magazine.I’ve written thirteen books including Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer Leaders Guide for Eugene Peterson (Harper San Francisco, 1992); Characters (comedy/dramas from Lillenas, 199