June Mears Driedger

June Mears Driedger is a writer, spiritual director, and retreat leader in Lansing, Michigan. She also is editor of <em>Leader</em>, a quarterly magazine published by MennoMedia. Her writing has appeared in <em>LA Weekly, Pasadena Weekly, The Sun, Christian Century</em>, and multiple Mennonite publications. When she left California to attend Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana), she planned to return within two years. She is still surprised to be living in the midwest—with her Canadian prairies husband, Kevin—more than 23 years later.