Author: Joe Class III

  • Grateful

    Father, Wake me in the morning. Fill my lungs with breath. Strengthen my legs to run. Give me imagination, vision, and light. Let me see everything You have graciously given me. The sun rises because You love us. You show me how to be a good father. You hold me in Your hand through grief…

  • When Did Showing Kindness Become Unpopular?

    COVID-19. That’s what broke us, fracturing our collective cultural souls. Locking our doors to keep out the virus. Watching our neighbors’ suspicious activity. Somehow we lost two full years of casual, everyday interactions. The very ones reminding us we are human.Two years later, emerging from our isolation, we forgot. We stopped being kind. Today a…

  • Incorrigible

    When two cops knock on your best friend’s bedroom door at 7:45 AM looking for you, every instinct screams run. But at fifteen, where do you go when the law is on the wrong side? Some knocks change everything. Some systems fail everyone. A true story about family, justice, and survival.

  • Lorne Michaels Pauses

    The room goes silent when Lorne Michaels says he wants to change a few words. Blood rushes to my ears. My heart pounds. In seconds, I’ll make a choice changing everything.

  • The 9:47  

    Miles knows how far the window opens, but Nancy believes his doctor more than her own husband.