Lou Hunt - Songwriter, Music Ministry, and Pastorship.

Lou Hunt - Photography by Lorynn Hunt 2026, February 28.

Lou Hunt - Record Collection - Photograph by 2026, February 28.

The singer and the song is a story that has been passed down through time, the song lives forever while the keeper of the song is ingrained with this gift for what seems like the a short amount of time. The duty of such a holder is to tell the story and bestow it upon others the possibility of an experience. Music, lyrics have the power of opening hearts for generations, yes ingrained in some but it is enjoyed by all.

Lou Hunt, a songwriter, singer, and pastor, has been ingrained by music his entire life.

“Somewhere around three years old and some things, guess you just remember, but you know, they had, they had one of the crank up..…Mom and Dad has a few record and I would play music all day long and stand there by the record player, and dance and sing with it. You know, that was my entertainment. I have always loved music.”

Growing up Hunt has bestowed the gift of experience upon many ears and it all started with his love for singing and learning to play instruments such as guitar and piano. This gift was nourished by his family and close family friends.

“When I started playing guitar, I was in church. There was a time prior to that when our family wasn't in church. so we would, it didn't matter when family would come, we all sat around and played music. On both sides of the family loves music. So that was a lot of things that we did. When we would go to West Virginia or Kentucky and see family, we would all gather around and everybody would sing music. Most of the time it was somewhere between country and gospel…….

Then it got to where I was doing a lot of specials, you know at church, after I learned to play guitar before that dad would get up and play for me and I would sing until until I got used to playing guitar in front of people.”

After overcoming nerves of playing in front of people, Hunt turned what started as a spark into a fire, forming his own group after years of writing his own music and performing with another local Southern Gospel Group, “Heavens Echoes”. “Lou Hunt and Shinning Streams” debuted and began traveling to churches all over. Throughout his ministry he was able to spread the gospel with live music, records, and more.

“When we started with just the three of us at the very beginning, Steve Cooper was along with us, he played guitar, Brett Webb played the bass, and I played the keyboards. And we had some really, really good times. We really did.”

After 15 years on the road, “Lou Hunt and Shinning Streams” disbanded due to many aspects of life and industry changes. Hunt then found himself in a place of change and for the past 20 years, God has began to bring a new ministry to life.

“Well, the thing about it is, I am not one that can just go into a church, sit down, get up and leave and not be involved. God didn't wire me that way. He showed me that I have a message to tell. I have something that I need to let people know about. you know, having Christ in my life, number one, but also the way that he has worked in my life. And so I began teaching Sunday school, I was a song leaders, let me see, praise and worship leader. I mean, I went from one thing after another. I was on the boards of churches. I was treasure. It was just all of these things. And it was like putting a round peg in a square hole. It don't work. so eventually, you know, I began to notice that God had been really reevaluating my mind throughout all the times that I was teaching adult Sunday school class and all of those things. I began writing and I was writing devotionals. God was working with me to prepare me for what he had that I would have never expected. If somebody would have said, “You're going to be a minister, a pastor of a church.” I would have said, “You're crazy!”

Yes in this episode I got to sit down with Lou Hunt, known to most as “Pastor” or as a gospel singer and songwriter, but I know him as my Dad. I get to speak with him today about his road in ministry and how get to where he is now. It’s funny because all my life I have had front row seat to his journey but there is so much I learned about my own Dad in this episode. I am incredibly honored and excited to introduce you to my Dad and discuss everything from hilarious stories from his high school years at Southwood with his friend Bubba to how God has lead him in his ministry to becoming a Pastor, a place he never thought he would be.

Thank you Dad for coming on this episode, I love you bunches.

Tune in to today’s episode, grab a cup of coffee and we will try to stay on topic as much as possible. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Lou Hunt and maybe it will inspire to step into your own calling.

Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DDAU5RHHmbnod8Nq3N3Fb?si=n-dm67PHSPuSKQxJd0OwUw

https://youtu.be/IzTtf5-tGSQ

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/here-in-my-time/id1858774701

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