Jake Upsets Ben, Pt. 1

Hi,
I decided I wanted to write.
Ben is not here.
This entry may upset him, but we never established any kind of rules about blogging with or without each other so he can just deal with it.
There are a couple of things I would like to address here. The first is story involving a bike and the second is the purpose of this blog from my perspective.
So.
I love to bike. I like fixing bikes almost as much as like riding them. I fixed Brett's bike and decided to take it on a test run. It was Friday night and it was raining, but it had been an hour or so since the tornado sirens and it had died down a decent bit. This was perhaps one of the most glorious bike rides I have ever been on. It felt wonderful. Then a thunderous, husky bark came from behind me. I turn my head to find a pair of rottweilers that are conveniently not chained up trotting in the middle of the street. The one in front quickly breaks into a full run. It is time to find out how fast I can go on Brett's bike. I am just booking it in this sketchy neighborhood as the duo of hulking, monstrous beasts pursue and I am just praying to God that I don't wipe out and the only thing I am really thinking of is that I no longer have health insurance. Brett's bike did well. I got home and stiffened up and realized I am not really in shape, but I felt excellent.
That is the end of my story without a point, except to say that dangerous animals really need to be kept under control.
This blog. Ben and I are going on a pilgrimage. We are excited. We are going to Branson, MO; to what is perhaps the heart of what we will refer to as "christendom". Christendom is the culture that is evangelical christianity, in case you were wondering. We both come from evangelical backgrounds and that way of life doesn't really work for us. The way I see it, our little adventure is 66.6% actual spiritual journey, in which we seek Christ amongst the mess of a consumeristic evangelical world in the people. We will push the boundaries of hospitality, and we are bringing a tent in case we find that those boundaries aren't very wide. This is also 66.6% exploring the evangelical culture and our problems with it, perhaps sometimes mocking it, and hopeful sometimes realizing that it has good things that we can learn from. And finally, it is 66.6% making an incredibly awesome story to tell people. That's right, it will be 199.9% adventure.
More on this to come in later posts, including Ben's views on the whole thing and more specifics as to what we will be doing.