The Good Life – November-December 2019
On the cover - West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller, Local Hero - Fargo Police Sergeant Kevin Pallas, Having a Beer with Radio Host, Scott Hennen, Hunting with Bret Amundson and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
On the cover - West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller, Local Hero - Fargo Police Sergeant Kevin Pallas, Having a Beer with Radio Host, Scott Hennen, Hunting with Bret Amundson and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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HAVING A BEER WITH | SCOTT HENNEN<br />
GL: What is your faith?<br />
SH: I call myself an Evangelical Catholic. I spent a lot of<br />
my years as a Catholic thinking that just meant to go to<br />
church on Sunday. Most of my adult years were just about<br />
going to mass. My grandparents were devout Catholics.<br />
My dad converted before he married my mom. My mom<br />
was a very devout Catholic and a strong pro-lifer, so that<br />
was really instilled in me, but honestly, it isn’t as though<br />
we talked about Jesus a lot at home. I’ve since come to<br />
have my faith grow and come to understand that no<br />
matter if I’m Catholic or Protestant, it has to be more than<br />
going to church. It has to be more than just being a good<br />
person. It has to be about having a personal relationship<br />
with Jesus Christ. And the more I’ve learned that the more<br />
I’ve blossomed in the faith. I love the Catholic faith a lot<br />
because it’s so rich. <strong>The</strong> first university was Catholic, and<br />
healthcare — so much has come from the Catholic faith.<br />
GL: What do you think is one thing people prioritize<br />
too much these days?<br />
SH: When I grew up, I’ll never forget my mom and dad<br />
looking at a house that had two garage stalls when we<br />
were going to move into a new house in Montevideo. That<br />
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made me think, “We’re the Brady Bunch! We’re like that<br />
house on TV!” Now it’s not uncommon to see four-car<br />
garages. Honestly, I have nothing against people having<br />
things. I have a three-stall garage at home full of junk,<br />
so I’m not perfect in any stretch, but we're going down a<br />
dangerous path as a culture, valuing stuff more than we<br />
value what we can take with us, and it's none of this; it's<br />
not a lake home or a nicer truck.<br />
GL: If you were to turn into any celebrity for a day,<br />
whose life would you want to live for 24 hours?<br />
SH: I love Johnny Carson because he was such a great<br />
interviewer. He was funny but you really learned<br />
something about the person he was interviewing.<br />
He had great interviewing skills. As a talk show host<br />
and an interviewer, you know where you want the<br />
interview to go, so you kind of push it that way, rather<br />
than just letting it happen and ask a lot of questions.<br />
My dad always said to just listen intently and don’t<br />
worry about what you’re going to ask next, just listen<br />
to them because in their answer you’ll get your next<br />
question.<br />
GL: Well, I’m not doing that very well.<br />
SH: You can’t! You have to go to the next topic.
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