ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 4December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill

God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. Understanding the healing purposes of God’s redemptive story allows us to weave our individual micro-narratives into this greater story. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposeful, health-promoting, missional living wherever we are called to serve.

This first of a three-part series will present a comprehensive overview of the biblical healing meta-narrative in the Hebrew Old Testament. The Law, the Prophets and the Writings can enhance our understanding of the vital role of healthcare and global health engagement for the healing of all nations.

Daniel O’Neill, MD, MTh is a physician-theologian and managing editor of Christian Journal for Global Health, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and holds a master’s degree in biblical & theological studies from Bethel Seminary. He serves as pastor of missions in his local church. He is a co-founder and Interim Director of Health for All Nations Institute at William Carey International University and author and co-editor of the book All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health.⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 11 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Paul Johnson

In a chaotic and under-resourced workplace, conflicting motives and drivers exist, and pressure to meet treatment targets and address huge waiting list backlogs, can easily lead to a culture in which there is subtle creativity with the truth.

As apprentices of Jesus, we are called to model a different way - a Christian counterculture - in which truth and justice are central, and in which Kingdom values are prioritised. In this talk we will reflect together on promoting and modelling truth in a chaotic workplace.

Paul is Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Pancreatic Islet Isolation and Transplant Programmes. His clinical and research interests are in transplantation and endocrine surgery. He is Clinical Lead for NHSE Thames Valley and Wessex Surgery Surgery in Children Operational Delivery Network, with oversight of Children’s Surgery across 19 hospitals. Paul is currently President-Elect of the European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and Past-Chair of the NHSBT Islet Steering Group, and he sits on the CMF Council of Reference. He is married to Hilary, a retired Consultant Child Psychiatrist, and has 2 grown up children and a 3 year old grandson. ⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 27 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Christopher Holcombe

Dealing with the daily challenge. 

Working and leading in healthcare is a challenge; whether it is challenging clinical situations or the constant pressure of too much work, and not enough resource. But this is where God has put us to be his hands, to bring his wisdom, to show his love and compassion. This webinar will explore what we bring distinctively as Christians to modern healthcare and how God has uniquely equipped us to cope with that.Chris Holcombe is the medical lead for Clinical Reliability Groups at the Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust. He is currently President of the Association of Breast Surgery and has had a long career as a breast surgeon in Liverpool, UK.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Recorded on 20 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with John Dickson

Is religion a pernicious force in the world? Does it poison everything? Would we be better off without religion in general and Christianity in particular? Many think so.

But the critics are only partly right: this is not what Christianity was at its foundation or on its best days. Jesus of Nazareth gave the world a beautiful melody - of charity, humility, and human dignity - and while many of its followers have been tone-deaf, many others have sung the tune and transformed the world.

Dickson provides an honest account of the mixed history of Christianity and asks skeptics to listen again to the melody of Christ, despite the discord produced by too many unbelievers. He also asks Christians to reflect soberly on their own participation in the tragic inconsistencies of Christendom and pleads with them to live in tune with their Maestro.

John started out as a professional singer-songwriter, he now works as an author, speaker, historian, and media presenter. John hosts the Undeceptions podcast and has hosted four television documentaries. The most recent documentary The First Hymn: Resurrecting a song buried for millennia, was released in April 2025.

John has published over 20 books, including Bullies and Saints: An Honest look at the Good and Evil of Christian History (2021). He has held a variety of teaching and research positions before becoming the Jean Kvamme Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and Public Christianity at Wheaton College in Illinois in 2022. Before that, John had held positions in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University (2002-2015), the Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies Department at Sydney University (2011-2021), Ridley College Melbourne (2019-2022), and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford (2015-2023).

A busy public speaker, he lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife Elizabeth and the youngest of their three children.

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Recorded on 13 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mark Topazian

We healthcare professionals find satisfaction in solving problems and making people better. That may be why you chose a healthcare career in the first place. But in the long run, for many of us, that’s not enough.

During our training we learn the scientific story of health, sickness and healing. It’s a powerful story that is the basis for our work. Scripture also tells a powerful story about health, sickness and healing. 

These two narratives are actually one unified account of God’s creative and redemptive work in human lives. Living in that unified story while we’re at work renews our purpose, mitigates our compassion fatigue and brings us satisfaction.

In this webinar we’ll consider practical methods of experiencing and benefiting from the spiritual realities of healthcare in the middle of busy day-to-day practice.

Mark Topazian is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine. He’s practiced and taught at Yale University, Mayo Clinic and in multiple sub-Saharan African countries. For the past 6 years he and his wife Janet have lived and worked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 6 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Kallie Fell

In this webinar, Kallie Fell from the Center for Bioethics and Culture explores the ethical and social implications of egg freezing and embryo adoption. Marketed as empowering choices for women and hopeful parents, both practices are often driven by profit and promote a false sense of security or altruism.

Kallie examines the medical risks, emotional consequences, and commodification involved, raising critical questions about informed consent, identity, and the long-term impact on families and children. This presentation encourages a thoughtful, ethical reflection on modern reproductive technologies and the way they shape our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and human life.

Kallie started her professional career as a scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing a Master of Science degree in Animal Sciences with an emphasis on Reproductive Physiology and Molecular Biology from Purdue University. While assisting in the investigation of endometriosis and pre-term birth, Kallie simultaneously pursued a degree in nursing with hopes of working with women as a perinatal nurse. After meeting Jennifer at a conference, Kallie became interested in the work of the Center for Bioethics and Culture and started volunteering with the organization. It is obvious that Kallie is passionate about women’s health.

She continues to work as a perinatal nurse and has worked with the CBC since 2018, first as a volunteer writer, then as our staff Research Associate, and now as the Executive Director.  In 2021, Kallie co-directed the CBC’s newest documentary, Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?  Kallie also hosts the popular podcast Venus Rising and is the Program Director for the Paul Ramsey Institute. Her latest film, The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood, was released earlier this year, as was her new book, co-authored with Jennifer Lahl, The Detransition Diaries (published by Ignatius Press).

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Recorded on 30 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Catriona Waitt

Diversity is God-given, and means that each of us can bring something unique to our workplaces and societies. Unhelpful stereotypes of leadership still exist in Medicine and Academia, which may result in some very gifted people feeling that they do not belong in a leadership role.

In this webinar, I plan to challenge some stereotypes and encourage you to see that God needs a diverse range of Christians in leadership roles. I aim to give the type of talk I would have valued 20 years ago, and empower you to envision how you can embrace opportunities to serve God in your career.

Catriona Waitt is a physician and NIHR Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Global Health at the University of Liverpool. She lived in Malawi for four years during her PhD, and since 2015 has been based largely in Uganda at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda where she leads the Maternal and Infant Lactation pharmacoKinetics (MILK) and Attaining Equity of Access to Research programmes. Her husband Peter is also a clinical academic, and they have had five children and share the adventure of home educating them as they move around the world.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 23 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Antony Latham

The scientific revolution occurred within the Judaeo-Christian world, and the majority of great scientists then were devout believers. Yet a spirit of doubt and atheism has become very prevalent in Western society.

However, we see in the fields of cosmology, physics and biology, extraordinary evidence for a Creator. The physics of the big bang, the exquisite fine-tuning of the laws of the cosmos, and recent evidence from paleontology and genetics —all show unmistakable signs of an intelligence behind life. Consciousness and free-will, inexplicable in purely physical terms, point to the reality of the soul. Antony Latham also argues that the universe is ‘open’—not simply the interaction of matter and energy, but where miracles are expected.

Antony Latham is a retired family doctor with nine years experience working in hospitals in East Africa. He has authored books on Darwinism and philosophy of mind and has a degree in Medical Law and Bioethics. His latest book is “WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS. How Science and Philosophy lead us to God”. Currently he chairs The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren. They live in the Western Isles of Scotland where he enjoys sailing and mountaineering.

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Recorded on 16 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Jenkins

Glorifying God, Offering Hope, Finding Freedom.

God has done wonderful things for each person who is a Christian starting with saving us and making us whole. But we don’t often tell other people our stories and as a result something is lost.

We don’t give God the glory he is due, others in situations similar to ours aren’t given the encouragement and hope they long for, and we are guilty of hiding our light under a basket.

We all want to give praise to God. Being a faithful witness to what we have seen and experienced is a major part of doing that. This talk will help us rediscover the importance of sharing our stories, know what to include and what not to include and how and when to testify. May we bring honour to God, experience his grace, see renewal in the church, and give hope to a lost and hurting world!

Chris has been a Christian for five decades. Before going into family medicine, he worked with a missionary organization starting adult literacy ministries in Africa and Asia in order to help Christians read the Bible for themselves and to also give them a tool to reach their non-Christian illiterate neighbors by teaching them to read while sharing the gospel with them.

He now works in medical education in the US as well as parts of the 10-40 window including the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia and elsewhere. He has been learning spiritual resilience throughout his Christian journey and finds that in every stage of life he must lean harder on the Lord, dig deeper into his Word, and pray for the spiritual resources needed to make it through trials with faith, integrity, love, and obedience intact.

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Recorded on 9 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.

Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with John Stevens

The purpose of this webinar is to help and encourage Christian healthcare workers in their battle against sin, and to ensure that they have right and biblical expectations of the ‘normal Christian life’.

Many Christians live with a false burden of guilt and failure. They have been taught that the battle against temptation is futile, and that they will never be able to obey and please God.

John will examine the glorious promises of freedom from sin in the gospel because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The ‘normal Christian life’ is a ‘victorious Christian life’; we are daily enjoying far more victory than we might imagine.

John Stevens is the FIEC National Director, a role he has held since September 2010. Alongside his FIEC responsibilities, he is one of the pastors of Christchurch Harborough and a member of the Affinity Council.

John teaches on courses at Oak Hill Theological College, Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Union School of Theology and the Cornhill Training Course. He is the editor of Independent Church: Bible-Shaped and Gospel-Driven and the author of How Can I Be Sure?: And Other Questions About Doubt, Assurance and the Bible.

Born and raised in Birmingham, John studied Law at Cambridge University where he became a Christian in his final year. He then taught Law for sixteen years and served as the Deputy Head of the Law Faculty at the University of Birmingham.

John is married to Ursula and they have four children.

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