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New to Five Minute Observations? Welcome. I’m Joe Class III, and I write stories and essays about what I notice, the encounters that reveal something true, and the moments that stick with you after they’re gone. If you’re just getting started, these three pieces will give you a sense of what this space is about:…
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Healthy relationships start when we learn to say what we actually need instead of hoping others will figure it out.
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Your Weekly Discovery Challenge: Stories explode around you every second. Most vanish before you can blink. Stop rushing. Start hunting. Five minutes changes everything. Time to become a story hunter.
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Great leaders do more than give directions, they give DNA. Discover how spiritual fathers build cultures that outlast them, and why character always wins over charisma.
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The room is silent. Billy Beane tells his scouts their decades of experience is wrong. His hands shake as he spreads computer printouts across the table. Every face says he’s destroying his career. But Beane knows something they don’t—his method will change baseball forever. This moment reveals what happens when leaders choose conviction over comfort.…
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Faith passes through generations by storytelling. Each encounter with God becomes a link in living history from ancient patriarchs to today. God’s fingerprints? They’re everywhere! It’s your turn to forge your link.
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Someone Called Me Out This Week. Best Thing That Happened to Me All Month. The question isn’t whether we’ll hurt people or get hurt ourselves. The question is what we do next. Someone called me out this week, and I’m grateful they did. When My Ego Gets in the Way A respected colleague edits my…
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I lumped everything together in my earlier post about grief and community silence. Got it WRONG. https://fiveminuteobservations.com/20205/07/29/the-church-failed-me-in-my-darkest-hour-but-god-didnt/ So, I owe you an apology. You orchestrated our survival in those first devastating days after Jude died. You created the GoFundMe that carried us through funeral expenses. You organized the meal train that fed us when we…
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A quiet moment at Flaming Geyser State Park. A question to my dad. A camera around his neck. I didn’t know then how much that day would teach me about storytelling and why our ordinary lives might hold the most extraordinary stories of all. What if the one you’ve been carrying is the one someone…
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I never imagined my son’s last words would sound so ordinary. “Goodnight, Mom. Goodnight, Dad.” Those words echo in my head. They were Jude’s last. Early Saturday morning, I came home after running 13.1 miles to find him unresponsive in his room. Death stole his life while I was running. Jude and I followed our…
Stories. Enjoy!
