20 Questions With... Doug Husen
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Doug Husen has
been a Folsom resident for about a decade and serves as the
Associate Pastor at New Song
Christian Church. Doug is one of the nicest, caring guys
you’re likely to meet, but still plays a mean game of Texas
Hold ‘Em. Find out more about Doug and some of the things that
make him a great Folsom resident. |
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1) What brought you to
Folsom?
I was invited by a friend to help start a brand new church
that now meets in the high school. It’s called New Song.
2) What do you like best about Folsom?
I like the relaxed pace of life, clean air, and friendly
people. I also like to see new businesses, restaurants,
etc. popping up all over town.
3) What do you like least about Folsom?
The Starbucks close way too early on the weekends. What up
with that?
4) What do you do for a living?
Help people take their next step of spiritual growth.
5) When did you know you wanted to go into the
ministry?
I can’t really identify a time when I felt a “calling” or
overwhelming desire to go into ministry. For me, it was
something that happened gradually over time. I joined a
church staff in a paid position about 9 years ago. Prior
to that, I served in a variety of ways as a volunteer in
my home church.
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6) Where
did you grow up?
Corona, California. It was a sleepy suburban community
bordering dairy farms, small enough to feel like you could
know everyone, safe enough to just take a sleeping bag out
into the countryside with your teenage friends and stay
for the night.
7) What is your favorite place to eat in town?
Azteca del Sol Mexican Restaurant on E. Natomas. Great
chips and salsa – like candy. And the owner is gracious,
outgoing, and let’s me walk into his kitchen. He helps me
practice speaking Spanish and doesn’t make fun of me.
8) If you could change one thing about Folsom, what
would it be?
The brand. I am tired of people identifying Folsom with
prison or Intel. Neither are bad things. But, I want
people who hear about Folsom to say “hey, Doug, you live
in that place where people are so loving, they are making
a difference all around the world”. The truth is, we can
be that kind of place and that kind of people. Can’t we?
9) What are you most proud of in your life?
When my children exhibit attitudes or character like
Jesus.
10) What’s in your CD player right now?
A DVD that won’t play, because this computer doesn’t have
a DVD drive. How could I have known? The last CD I
listened to was Switchfoot. I could sing “Dare you to
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11) What’s
your guilty pleasure?
Political Commentary on TV. You know, O’ Reilly Factor,
Hannity and Colmes. Man, if I can eat a plate of food,
while playing an online pokerstars tournament (for fun,
not real money), and listen to political TV… now that’s a
guilty pleasure.
12) If you were granted one wish, what would you use it
for?
Stiffer punishment for parole violators, Stan… and …World
Peace! OK, seriously; I wish God would reveal the cure to
cancer, leukemia, and AIDS. I wish children in Central
African countries would never be conscripted into rebel
armies and be forced to kill or be killed. I wish India
would totally abandon the caste system. I wish every
person could hear about the life and message of Jesus in a
way they could understand.
13) If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world
and cost was no object, where would you go?
If time and cost were no object. I would take oldest son
on a 2 month surf trip beginning in Oregon and going south
100 miles a day until we reached the tip of South America.
14) What are your hobbies?
I enjoy talking with people, business consulting, playing
basketball, woodworking, fixing things around the house,
stamp collecting, selling stuff on craigslist, surfing in
warm water and reading about what God is doing around the
world through Christians who are serving Him.
15) What’s your biggest regret?
I didn’t fly home to be part of my best friend’s wedding
twenty years ago.
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16) Celebrity people
say you most resemble?
Frazier’s brother Niles. Was he gay on that show?
17) If you were granted 60 seconds of commercial time
during the Super Bowl, how would you use it?
I would share the life and message of Jesus Christ and if
I had time, the difference it has made to me.
18) What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Business processes that don’t work. Waiting in the
checkout line that moves slower than the others.
19) If you could open a business in Folsom, what would
it be?
A teen center that was open Friday, Saturday & Sunday
nights.
20) Favorite Saturday Night Live skit of all time?
Chevy Chase following commentary by Jane Curtain on the
News. Chevy would say “Jane, you ignorant...". A total ad
hominem attack that seemed to utterly discount whatever
argument she was making. While I am still laughing, Gilda
Radner as Rosanne Rosanna-Rosanna Danna would totally
misunderstand whatever news story she was covering, only
to be corrected, to which she replied with her famous
words… “Oh, that’s different! Never mind”.
So I end this interview, if I have totally misunderstood
anything and rambled on with irrelevant answers… accept my
apology. “Oh, that’s different! Never mind”.
Thanks for the opportunity. |
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