You can sign up, list your goals, and then check them off as
you complete them. Featured goals right now include – paint a mural; visit
Mount Yoshino, Japan; celebrate Holi in India; get a job as a singer; meet
Chuck Norris; and learn how to surf.
What’s great about a bucket list? Well, it’s exciting to
make learning to hang glide or visiting the Great Wall of China or ordering a
meal in French part of your life’s ambition. We all accomplish more, travel
farther, and live more fully when we work toward goals.
I do have a couple concerns about bucket lists. One is that
a lot of the goals seem driven by self-indulgence rather than serving God or
others. Sure, it’s cool that you want to hike the Appalachian Trail or do a set
of stand-up comedy. But maybe we Christians ought to aim higher.
