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The Five Year PlanDo you make a list of resolutions for the new year? What if you made resolutions for the next five years? Sound daunting? Take a moment to think about the year 2029. How old will you be? If you have kids, how old will they be?

“To raise money for their mission trip, the St. James Youth Group is smelling cookbooks. Bring your cash or checks to the Sunday service and see a young person. “If you got everything you wanted, where would you put it?As we all know the recent weather has been very cold.

A gripe taken from the lips of one frustrated lady, who was recently overheard in a public place.“I had the family holiday dinner at my house last week, just like I have for years. My daughter was to bring most of the food – including the cranberry dish that she knows to always bring.

As you think about the new year of 2024, what’s your mindset? Many people are worried. Global warming, the presidential election, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Collected wisdom to enrich your life By the time you're 80 years old, you've learned everything. I know. In a couple of weeks, I will celebrate the 80-plus-8 milestone. Now all I have to do is remember it! Good luck and here are some suggestions that might help.

No doubt life is always changing. If you don’t like the weather it will change, eventually. It’s been hot most all over but cooler weather will come. In most of the country, cooler weather will be welcomed sooner rather than later.

As we enter the new year, I still remain a confused senior…I hope our readers enjoy this humorous dose of reality.So now cocaine is legal in Oregon, but straws aren’t. That must be frustrating.Still trying to get my head around the fact that ‘Take Out’ can mean food, dating, or murder.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.The Year of the DragonNot everyone celebrates New Years on January 1. The Chinese New Year begins February 10, 2024 and continues until January 26, 2025.

Christmas is always changing. The biblical story never changes but your story is always changing. How we celebrate and view the story of Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus may change throughout life. We view the story one way as children but then the story matures as we age.

It’s arrived. The Holiday of holidays for many. The monthlong season of excitement, fun and anticipation.But there is another perspective on the Christmas season, and it’s not a beloved one of joy and family.