
Pastor June: one of the women who paved my way
While we are still in Women’s History Month, I want to write a note about a woman in ministry who greatly influenced my pastoral path, my pastor at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Austin, June Wilkins. I joined St. Martin’s a few years before June came, and left for seminary shortly before she left, but we were both there for many years together. June taught me a lot about church, and the wonders and imperfections of community. And from her I learned about pastors and the wor