What’s On Your Bucket List?

A dozen years ago the movie, “The Bucket List” was popular. Jack Nicholson, a white billionaire, and Morgan Freeman, a black auto mechanic meet in the hospital and find they have only one thing in common- they both have a terminal illness. So they make a “bucket list” of the things they what to experience before they die. They check themselves out of the hospital and the adventure begins.

The next year I was asked to preach at a large church out of state. The pastor was going on vacation and invited several guest teachers to each talk on the topic, “My Bucket List- If I Only Had A Year To Live.” The pastor who invited us, set the pattern he hoped we would follow, by preaching the first of the series. He had a list of ten fun, or meaningful things he wanted to do, mostly with his family.

Frankly, I was appalled.