Hanging by my fingertips to a crevice in a rocky cliff at 50 feet will bring you closer to God and not because you are closer to him physically. I am terrified of heights, but my friends Johnny, Drew, and Matt took me repelling and rock climbing at the medicine wall. It was crazy cool to meet one of my eighty life goals.

We don’t accomplish significant things in life because we are either afraid or we simply don’t know what we want. God’s dream is bigger than your dreams so don’t hold back in making your list. I have been inspired by a pastor in Washington D.C. and John Goddard. These are several items I hope to experience.

Family
1. Have a son and a daughter
2. Celebrate 50th Wedding anniversary
3. Celebrate an anniversary in Atlantis
4. Swim with dolphins with my kids
5. Take Emma to a broadway show in New York (Hairspray – 2007)
6. Take Hannah Grace to the Eiffel Tower in Paris
7. Take my wife to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park (2007)
8. Take Bryce to a playoff game at Fenway Park
9. Take Bryce to the NCAA world series in Omaha, Nebraska
10. Coach a team for each of my kids
11. Take family to Disney World (2005)
12. Take grandchildren to Disney World
13. Go camping with grandchildren
14. Go on a missions trip with my entire family
15. Finish a triathlon with one of my kids
16. Pay for my kids honeymoon
17. Take each of my kids on a rite of passage pilgrimage
18. Celebrate a family reunion in a lodge in Yosemite

Ministry
1. Youth Pastor one cycle of students: 6th-12th grade (1999-2007)
2. Go on a missions trip in ten different countries (El Salvador 2001, Los Angeles 2004, Czech Republic 2005, Germany 2005,
Thailand 2007)
3. Baptize 50 people in one setting
4. Pastor one church in my lifetime – 30+ years
5. Build a healthy community in Africa (plant a church, water well, orphanage)
6. Build a battered woman’s home and safe house for kids
7. Plant a church that plants other churches
8. Open a coffee house

Sports
1. Bungee Jump (2004)
2. Go to the Olympics
3. Ski down a Black diamond run at Breckenridge (1996)
4. Play golf at Pebble Beach (2004)
5. Deep sea fish – 2006
6. Bike across a state (Arkansas in 24 hours – 2005)
7. Bike across the United States
8. Make a hole in one (2004)
9. Watch a World Series Game at Fenway Park
10. Finish an Ironman triathlon (Lake Placid 2007 – 13:39:21)
11. Finish a Marathon (San Antonio Marathon 2007)
12. Attend a superbowl
13. Watch the Tour De France
14. Harvest a Canvasback Duck (1998)
15. Finish a triathlon at age 60
16. Harvest a 10 point Buck
17. Swim the Escape from Alcatraz
18. Go to a Final Four game
19. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
20. Climb Mount Rainier
21. Climb Mount Baldy
22. Make a parachute jump
23. Cliff jump from 50 feet
24. Rock Climb to 50 feet (2008)

Travel
1. Visit an island in the Caribbean (Aruba – 2003)
2. Go on a cruise
3. Visit the Tah Mahal
4. Mountain bike the Slickrock trail, rock climb, water raft, hike, and backpack in Moab, Utah
5. Visit the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. (2005)
6. Spend a week on a houseboat (Lake Powell, Utah 1996)
7. Visit Great Wall of China
8. Visit Big Ben
9. Visit the Worms Cathedral in Germany where Martin Luther preached (2005)
10. Retrace one of Paul’s missionary journeys
11. Visit the mission where Mother Theresa ministered in Calcutta, India
12. Scuba dive off the coast of Hawaii
13. Hike the Haleakala Trail in Hawaii
14. Go on a 5 day backpacking jorney
15. Go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
16. Run with the bulls in Spain
17. Go on a safari in Africa
18. Experience New Years’ Eve in Times Square

Personal
1. Finish earning my Masters
2. Journal everyday for one year
3. Write a book
4. Memorize 1,000 scriptures
5. Month long fast
6. Take a one month sabbatical
7. Own a boat (2003-2005)
8. Own a debt free home with a mountain view
9. Shake hands with a President (George Bush 2005)
10. Shake hands with Bono (2006)
11. Shake hands with Jason Varitek
12. Watch a live U2 concert
13. Visit every Major League Stadium (Fenway Park, Houston Astrodome, Ballpark at Arlington, Yankee Stadium, K.C.,
Minute Made Park, Oakland Collesium, St. Louis)

Please comment or email me your life goals so I can pray for you and celebrate you when you achieve it.