Vernon Bowen
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Minister to Students |
| Location | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Somewhat contrary to nervous suspicion that there is more going on inside than meets the eye, there is, but most of it isn't very interesting. I'm an introvert trapped in an extrovert's lifestyle. My favorite thing to do is hang out with friends and talk and tell stories, but there are times when I just want to disappear from the crowd and retreat to a book or to whatever piece of writing I am working on that particular week. I'm currently at (slow) work on a novel. I have two parents, one older sister (deceased), two dogs. I live in a nice apartment with my beautiful wife, Leigh, just west of the beltway in Houston near Briar Forest. I think girls are pretty, like flowers and sunsets, but none so beautiful as that roommate of mine. I tell way too many jokes. I'm longwinded both orally and through my pen. If you want to know the way I feel about life, love, and everything else, track down the song "Parting Shot" by Bill Mallonee and Vigilantes of Love. They beat me to the most poignant description ... |
| Interests | A girl named Leigh, Writing fiction and non-fictive reflections, theological and scriptural studies, the current and future condition of the Church, Mountain biking, Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee, some T.V. shows, Talking into the night, Dogs, Cold days and Thunderstorms, Sunrises and Sunsets and Trees without leaves, Chapels and sanctuaries, Mountains and Snow, Singing in the car and Driving at night, Showering, Fast food |
| Favorite Movies | Dead Poets Society, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jurassic Park, Glory, Garden State, Wonder Boys, Field of Dreams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Insider, About a Boy, O Brother Where Art Thou, A River Runs Through It, Munich, The Frighteners, Napolean Dynamite, Saving Private Ryan, Sneakers, The Shawshank Redemption, Ride with the Devil, State and Main, Black Hawk Down, The Village, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood |
| Favorite Music | Anything by Bill Mallonee and Vigilantes of Love, Rich Mullins (greatest songwriter to ever live), David Wilcox, Patty Griffin, Pierce Pettis, Jars of Clay, Derek Webb, Over the Rhine, Ray LaMontagne, Andrew Peterson, Switchfoot, Stephen Delopolous, Iron and Wine, Guster, Lifehouse, Caedmon's Call, Son Volt and Ryan Adams, Third Day, Satallite Soul, FIF (all-time harder music fav), Norah Jones and Amos Lee and Jack Johnson and Damien Rice and Bright Eyes, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bob Dylan |
| Favorite Books | The Oath (I'm not ashamed), Gilead, The Lord of the Rings, Godric, The Power and the Glory, In the Loyal Mountains, The Violent Bear It Away, The Screwtape Letters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Man Who Was Thursday, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenence and Blue LIke Jazz, Wishful Thinking and Peculiar Treasures and Whistling in the Dark, The Sacred Journey and Now and Then, The Ragamuffin Gospel, Soul Survivor, Dogmatics in Outline, Traveling Mercies and Bird by Bird, I Asked for Wonder, Mere Christianity and The Great Divorce |
How do you pronounce the 'g' in bologna?
With an aggressive amount of spittle!