It’s not every day somebody from Mt. Sterling, the small town I’ve lived in more than 50 years, is featured in the New Yorker magazine. The New Yorker is arguably the swankiest periodical in the country.
So when Mt. Sterling native Hunt Priest, who pastored Episcopal congregations for 15 years, showed up there recently, I told my wife Liz, “I’ve got to talk to this guy.” I’d never met him. Liz contacted Hunt’s mom, Becky, a prominent and popular local resident, and Becky made it happen.
Hunt, 61, currently lives in in Savannah, Ga., but he passed through Mt. Sterling to celebrate a family birthday. The four of us — Hunt, Becky, Liz and I — got together for a delightful Sunday afternoon conversation at a coffee shop. I followed up with Hunt via an email interview…