Second Drafts Podcast (private feed for charles.lehmann@yahoo.com)

On the Podcast: Dr. Emily Sturm

Called to HealIf there’s a thread that ties all of fallen humanity together, it might be dealing with our fallen health. While age, genetics, circumstances, environments, and personal habits all play into and affect our individual states of being, none of us is immune to the frailties of our frail bodies. To quote the late singer/songwriter Rich Mullins, “we are not as strong as we think we are.”Thankfully, God, in his good grace and throughout history, has gifted and called men and women to the medical ministry of caring for one another. If you’ve ever wondered why so many hospitals and health clinics are named after saints of the faith, it’s because Christians were some of the first to bring them into existence to help meet physical and mental needs of people.One of those people called to heal is surgeon, teacher, and friend, Dr. Emily Sturm. Megan and I have had the privilege of getting to know Emily through a few dinners, some embroidery work, and on Sunday mornings as a fellow follower of Christ who worships with us at Exodus Church.About Dr. SturmDr. Emily Sturm is a surgical oncologist and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at SIU School of Medicine. She is board certified in both General Surgery and Complex General Surgical Oncology. She specializes in hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). Emily attended medical school at Indiana University and completed General Surgery residency at SIU School of Medicine. After advanced training in a Surgical Oncology Fellowship in Providence, RI, she returned to SIU Medicine in Springfield.Enjoy this podcast? Share it with a friend.Subscribe to receive the free Second Drafts newsletter on the first Friday of every month. Thank you for subscribing. Share this episode.

On the Podcast: Mike Woodberry

(God’s) Glory DaysFootball—the kind involving pigskin rather than soccer moms—is all the rage in America. Regardless of level—professional, college, high school, middle school, Pop Warner—football is a fan favorite, even more so with the state of Montana’s “Brawl of the Wild”—a now 121-year-old rivalry between the University of Montana Griz and the Montana State Bobcats, set to be played Saturday, November 19, at noon (MT).In the late 1990s, a skinny high school kid from Wyoming named Mike Woodberry came to Bozeman as a hopeful walk-on. During his four years at MSU, Mike had to work harder than most to overcome his smaller size and bouts with multiple injuries, eventually starting at linebacker his junior and senior years and earning a full ride scholarship and accolades most would have not picked him to win. It was during this time that Mike also came to faith in Jesus Christ.Peaches and I thought it might be fun to talk with Mike about his MSU “glory days,” which he will tell you were all about giving the real glory to God.About MikeMike Woodberry grew up in Glenrock, WY, a tiny town of 2,000 people and one stoplight, where he came to love football. All-State his junior and senior years of high school and recruited by multiple small colleges in the region, Mike had a full ride academic and athletic scholarship at the University of Wyoming, but ended up walking-on at Montana State where he met Christ.Enduring hazing and harassment his first two years as a walk-on, Mike overcame multiple injuries his final two years to start as linebacker for MSU. He was voted “Defensive Player of the Year” by his coaches and “Most Inspirational” by his teammates at the end of his senior year. His last game was the 2001 Brawl of the Wild.Mike graduated from Montana State with his B.S. in Computer Science and is now Senior Vice President of Global Product Management and Analytics at a tech firm that helps customers across industry and government assess, predict, and manage risk.Mike and his wife Shannon have four children and are members of Trinity Church here in Bozeman.As a Bobcat Thank you for subscribing. Share this episode.

On the Podcast: Joe Pravetz

Never a “Goodfella”From cries of “defund the police” to critiques of why law enforcement doesn’t do more to stop mass shootings, it’s a hard time to be an officer of the law. In this podcast, Peaches and I interview Joe Pravetz, who spent 30 years as a New Jersey policeman and forensic detective. We talk about his police work, his perspective on the Second Amendment, the dead-end of trying to live a “good” life, and God’s gentle but relentless pursuit culminating in his coming to Christ at 60 years old (he’s now 80).About JoePlaying stick ball in the streets and hitting the beaches of Jersey Shore, Joe Pravetz grew up in a Catholic family in 1950s northeastern New Jersey. After a stint with the National Guard, he became a police officer and then a forensic detective, serving the same suburban community for the entirety of his time in uniform.After 30 years on the force, Joe retired to upstate New York where he met his wife, Barbara, before coming to Christ in 2003 at the age of 60. They moved to Montana in 2012, where Joe volunteers as part of Love, Inc. a partnership between churches and social service agencies working together to help neighbors in need. He and his wife, Barbara, are members of Trinity Church in Bozeman.Pertinent Links* “Shoot! Here We Go Again”* “A Gun-Owning Nation” (statistics from WORLD Magazine)* Love, Inc.* Trinity ChurchThis month’s edition of the Second Drafts podcast is for paid subscribers. Know someone who might be interested in this month’s topic? Give a gift subscription on their behalf! Thank you for subscribing. Share this episode.

On the Podcast: Mark Carroll

About the BookComing of age in 1970s southern California, Mark Carroll lost his father—a secret agent for the U.S. government—when he was 10. His idyllic world torn apart, he took up surfing to try to make sense of classmate cruelty, a complicated relationship with his oft-absent mother, and the struggles of being a default father-figure to his younger brother and sister.Mathematics and physics became Carroll’s other coping mechanisms. Graduating as a top mechanical engineer from the University of California, Santa Barbara, he embarked on a 38-year career as varied as the number of beaches he’s surfed—from Department of Defense R&D, to corporate soldiering, to executive leadership in mergers and acquisitions around the world.Chronicling the evolution of his “When in doubt, action!” approach, and filled with remarkable stories of escaping shark encounters off the coast of California, running from drug dealers in Mexico, and surviving a category five tropical cyclone in Fiji, Carroll will have readers shaking their heads while opening their hearts to his search for meaning while making peace with his past.A memoir of calculated adventures, welcome to Mako’s World.About MarkMark Arthur Carroll grew up surfing the beaches of southern California from Mexico to Point Conception and now lives in Newport Beach with his wife, Laurie. They have two adult children, McKenna and Dane, and two dogs, Slinky and Doug.In the 1980s, Mark worked in a variety of engineering roles, including as a design engineer for an optical start-up, a rocket engineer on the Space Shuttle program, and a deep-sea salvage engineer for the U.S. Navy. In the 1990s, Mark transitioned from engineering into more sales and business leadership, working as an energy management consultant and optical metrology salesman before getting back into engineering in the world of space laser communications with a primary defense contractor from 1995-2000.From 2000-2016, Mark ran an instruments business unit for the largest laser company at the time, managing $90 million in annual revenue and leading the product marketing, product development, and production of tunable lasers and photonic instruments. During this tenure, he started a new business to integrate optical, electrical, and mechanical components into high-value optical metrology systems for the semiconductor market and grew this new enterprise from $0 to $10 million in two years.Mark also led two growth-minded acquisitions, expanding a tunable laser business from $6.5 million to $20 million over five years and a laser test and measurement business from $7 million to $17 million over two years. In addition, he turned around a well-known spectroscopy and solar simulator company, increasing profitability with lean manufacturing and value engineering, and saving more than $1 million in operating expenses in the first year.In 2017, Mark started his own company, Bula Designs, a surfboard and paddle board design company based in Newport Beach. From 2018-2019, Mark served as a board member for a LiDAR start-up in Bozeman, Montana, where in addition, he served on the board of another small Bozeman company that designs and manufactures high-performance, low-temperature optical measurement solutions for the quantum computing market. In 2020, Mark became CEO full-time of this same company.Mark graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned an M.S. in Applied Mechanics from the University of California, San Diego.A Few Pertinent Links* Mako’s World website* Mako’s World on Amazon Thank you for subscribing. Share this episode.

On the Podcast: Lynlea Hart

The Adoption OptionIn the wake of the news of the Supreme Court’s possible repeal of Roe vs. Wade, pro-life groups are putting even more thought into how to help pregnant mothers and their babies—certainly before and up to birth, but also (and as importantly) after. One of the most strategic means of doing this is adoption.In this May episode of the Second Drafts podcast, Peaches and I interview friend and fellow church member Lynlea Hart to talk about her experience as an adoptive mother and her insights into how the Church can continue to come alongside mother and baby alike for the sake of life.About LynleaLynlea Hart is an illustrator and freelance graphic design artist by trade. After working as Art Director for the Museum of the Rockies here in Bozeman, she worked at a local ad agency and soon transitioned into the freelance world. Some of her clients include Montana Ballet Company and Bunkhouse Brewery.A member of Trinity Church, Lynlea and her husband, Rex, have two sons, Jay and Max, both of whom the Harts have adopted in the past four years. Other than her family and Jesus, her greatest loves are books, coffee, and LEGOs.A Few Pertinent Links* Equal Rights Institute* ProGraceThis month’s edition of the Second Drafts podcast is for paid subscribers. Know someone who might be interested in this month’s topic? Give a gift subscription on their behalf! Thank you for subscribing. Share this episode.