Webinar #276 Dr Daniel O'Neill - The healing meta narrative in the Old Testament
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/
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Webinar #277 Prof Paul Johnson - Promoting and modelling truth in a chaotic workplace
Recorded on 11 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Paul JohnsonIn 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/
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Webinar #275 Dr Christopher Holcombe - A Christian framework for leadership
Recorded on 27 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Christopher HolcombeDealing 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.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
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Webinar #274 John Dickson - Bullies and Saints
Recorded on 20 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with John DicksonIs 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.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
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Webinar #273 Dr Mark Topazian - Finding satisfaction in a healthcare career
Recorded on 13 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mark TopazianWe 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/