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A Minute or Two with High Roller #1

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Inspiration, Stories on: January 4, 2021

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Ten Inspiring People I Met on the Internet and Now Call Friends

by: Steve Watkins In: People, Stories, writing on: February 17, 2020

Keith Richardson Some time around 2014 my phone rang and showed an unknown number. The caller identified himself at Keith Richardson and said he'd found a blog …

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The Honesty Box

by: Steve Watkins In: culture, Faith, Stories, writing on: February 5, 2020

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely that what others …

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Top 10 People Who Shaped My Storytelling

by: Steve Watkins In: Craft of Writing, Stories, writing on: February 3, 2020

Any writer would have a difficult time counting all the things that affect his or her work. Places, different environments, other writers. Lots of …

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Coming Soon – Steve and Keith’s Excellent Adventure

by: Steve Watkins In: adventure, Friends, Stories, Travel on: September 20, 2019

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Coming Next Week

by: Steve Watkins In: Interviews, Journalism, Media, social media platforms, Stories on: August 30, 2019

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Highbanks Road – The Introduction

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Stories, Truth, writing on: January 18, 2018

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody who …

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Highbanks Road: Where All Things Are Possible

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, journal, Stories, writing on: January 1, 2018

I've thought a lot about roads lately--especially the ones that seemingly end in the middle of nowhere. We call them dead ends. One day, thirty-two years ago, …

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Brien Crothers: Not Average. No Way.

by: Steve Watkins In: Latin America, sports, Stories on: October 1, 2017

  (Blogger's Note: Brien Crothers of Hidden Valley Lake, CA and I "met" online a few years ago because of mutual interest in the Way of St. James. Just …

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Chapter 16: Becoming Tim (excerpt)

by: Steve Watkins In: Faith, Stories, way of st. james on: September 4, 2017

"My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was." ~ Sheila Walsh   Seventeen years ago, Harvard political scientist Robert …

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Pilgrim Strong Book Trailer #1

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Christianity, Stories on: July 1, 2017

https://youtu.be/T0_WbI0Mf1E …

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We Were Genuinely Crying Out to God

by: Steve Watkins In: Christianity, Church, philanthropy, Stories, Veterans on: June 28, 2017

  Josh White has faced difficulties that few will ever know. He served a tough tour of military service in Iraq where his Humvee took a direct hit, …

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Photos from the Book Trailer Shoot – Indefinably Changed

by: Steve Watkins In: photos, Stories, way of st. james on: June 25, 2017

The first Pilgrim Strong book trailer titled, Indefinably Changed is almost complete. We'll distribute via social media on July 4. These are a few photos from …

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Pilgrim Strong Book Update

by: Steve Watkins In: Books, Stories, writing on: June 11, 2017

You should write a book they said. It'll be easy, they said. And truth is after 12 years as beat newspaper reporter, three years as a congressional press …

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Chapter 31 – Home

by: Steve Watkins In: Camino de Santiago, journal, Spain, Stories, Travel, Uncategorized on: April 20, 2017

"Travel does not exist without home. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to …

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Chapter 31 – Home

by: Steve Watkins In: Camino de Santiago, journal, Spain, Stories, Travel on: April 20, 2017

"Travel does not exist without home. If we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to …

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12 Stories in 6 Words

by: Steve Watkins In: Stories, writing on: February 20, 2017

His nursing home luxury? A window. Sundown. Next morning in the afterlife. It was his tenth second chance. East or West? Got a coin? Civility was not on …

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Praying for a Closed Door

by: Steve Watkins In: Christianity, journal, Stories, writing on: December 10, 2016

There's nothing that excites me more than a good idea. And one of the things I've learned to guard against is my own propensity to get carried away with an idea …

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A Memory Made Permanent

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Spain, Stories, writing on: December 2, 2016

On the day Dana and I left for Madrid, and one year to the day when I embarked on my first pilgrimage, a friend published a blog post that captured my …

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Together We Are #PilgrimStronger

by: Steve Watkins In: journal, Stories, Travel on: July 27, 2016

Managing my propensity to occasional depression has pretty much been the same for more than 40 years. I'm just more aware of the management process now, and …

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