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In this episode, Steve Fouch, CMF's Head of Communications, is in conversation with Dr Peter Pattisson. He is one of CMF's 'elder statesmen' and has quite a story to share about how God has worked through many others, younger and older, to shape him as a follower of Jesus, and how he, in turn, has been used by God to encourage and support others around the world. We hope you enjoy hearing his story as much as we did recording it!

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Head of CMF Public Policy Susan Marriott is joined by Trevor Stammers and Julie Maxwell. They explore Julie's new CMF File on Teenagers and sexual identity (linked below). Trevor Stammers previously authored a CMF File on the same topic (linked below). They come together to share their knowledge on the issue.

Julie Maxwell worked as a community paediatrician for 25 years. She is now the Deputy Director of Lovewise, a charity that seeks to support parents, churches, and schools to teach on marriage, sex, and relationships from a Christian perspective. Julie is also a part of CMF's Sex...

Ever-accelerating AI capabilities raise the question of what it means to be human.  What exactly are human beings? Are we advanced apes? Are we machines? Are we souls confined to a body?

In this plenary session, Sharon Dirckx helped us to consider questions of core human identity from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and neuroscience.

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In the second talk of CMF National Conference 2026, main speaker Piyush Jani takes us through Philippians 2:1-18 and the patterns of joyful serving.

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In the first talk of CMF National Conference 2026, main speaker Piyush Jani takes us through John 15:1-17. We learn that Jesus is the True Vine, and when we abide in him, we will bear much fruit, and experience the source of joy.

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CMF Head of Public Policy Susan Marriott is joined by guests Michael Trimble and Abbie Englund.

Michael Trimble is a clinical academic based in Belfast.

Abbie is a third-year medical student based in Edinburgh.

The three sat down to discuss the widely taught and used ‘four-principles’ approach to medical ethics. Read Michael's CMF File - Ethics: a matter of principle below:

Ethics: a matter of principle

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In this episode, Head of CMF Communications Steve Fouch sits down with the main speaker from this year's CMF Student Conference: Dr John Greenall. They discuss what identity means and why it has become a huge issue over the past couple of decades.

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In the last of his talks for Student Conference, John Greenall looks at what it means to be sent out by God and what that looks like as Christian health professionals.

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In his second talk from the CMF Student Conference (2026) Dr John Greenall looks at what happens when our sense of belonging and identity is tested. Who am I when the pressure is on? When my faith is tested? When I find myself struggling and alone?

John looks at how we are shaped, transformed, and healed in our identity through our wilderness experiences.

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In Dr John Greenall's first talk at the CMF Student Conference 2026, he addresses the questions, Who am I?' What defines me? What does the gospel have to say to me about who I really am? And where do I belong?

Focus passage: Matthew 3:13-17

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Dr John Greenall, CMF's former Deputy CEO and Head of Student Ministries, speaks about his own journey of faith, his years of ministry of CMF, and begins to outline why a relationship with Jesus is so fundamental to our careers, lives, and identities.

This is an introductory session at CMF's Student Conference 2026. Stay tuned for follow-up episodes with the main talks from the conference and more related content!

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In this episode, Dr Trevor Stammers is in conversation with CMF's Head of Communications, Steve Fouch, about organ transplantation. 

 Trevor wrote a book in 2023 called The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition: Moral Arguments about Transplantation. You can find out more and buy a copy from the publisher.

He also mentioned Maylis De Kerangal's 2016 award winning Mend the Living, about which you can find out more here.

 CMF has been writing on these topics for many years, and you can find a selection of our most relevant podcasts here: https://www.cmf.org.uk/tag...

In our final episode of 2025, and our last recording made at November's CMF Residents Conference, Dr Paul Coulter is in conversation with Steve Fouch, CMF's Head of Communications, about what it means to live for Christ as a Christian healthcare professional.

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In conversation with Steve Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) at the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Paula Busuulwa and Prof. Paul Johnson explore what it means to lead as a Christian health professional in the NHS. 

CMF has a network of Christians in non-clinical and clinical leadership across the UK's National Health Services and other healthcare sectors. It holds regular online and occasional in-person meetings around the UK, seminars, training programmes and peer support meetings. If you are interested in finding out more, go to: https://cmf.li/CHLN

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In his third and final Bible talk from the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Paul Coulter explores Colossians 3 and what it means to be renewed in Christ. 

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In the fourth recording from this year's CMF Resident Doctors' Conference in November, Steve Fouch and Dr Mercy Doni-Kwame discuss Physician Assistants, a group of health professionals who have become increasingly controversial in the UK in recent years. Mercy has a strong background of training and working with Physician Assistants, and brings both a professional engagement and a godly perspective to bear on the issues and the people affected. 

If you are a Physician or Anaesthesia Assistant, you can now join CMF as an Associate Member - go to cmf.org.uk/join/ for more information.

In the second of his Bible talks from Colossians (chapter 2, verses 6-23), Paul Coulter speaks on how Jesus' resurrection brings new life and spiritual freedom to us in our day-to-day. 

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In the past year, politicians in Westminster and Holyrood have taken active steps towards implementing assisted suicide laws in the UK. In the plenary from this year's CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Susan Marriott (CMF's Head of Public Policy) surveys the political landscape and considers what the coming years could hold. How, she asks, can Christian resident doctors and other Christian health professionals shine for Christ as this debate unfolds and into whatever lies ahead?

She is joined in a Q&A session by CMF CEO Dr Mark Pickering and the main speaker at this year's conference...

Surrounded as we are by philosophies of self-help, mindfulness, manifesting, and resilience, it's easy to lose confidence in Jesus Christ. As Christian health professionals, we need to recover an approach to life and work that is grounded in him. That is what the Apostle Paul presents to us in his letter to the Colossian church. Dr Paul Coulter's opening talk at the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference digs into the first two chapters of this letter and explores how Jesus is supreme in everything and is all we need to live life to the full.

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Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

This is Talk 3: Facing the Future based on Daniel 9.

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Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

This is Talk 2: Dedicated but Distinct based on Daniel 3.

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Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

This is Talk 1: Serving the Sovereign based on Daniel 1.

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Welcome to the relaunched CMF podcast. This is a special, extra episode giving an update on what is happening with the two assisted suicide bills for terminally ill adults that are going through the UK and Scottish Parliaments this month (May 2025), with both having hearings, and probably votes, in the week of 12 May.

Steve Fouch (CMF Head of Communications), Dr Susan Marriott (CMF Head of Public Policy and a GP), and Dr David Randall (Renal Medicine Consultant) discuss the bills, the next steps in the legislative process, and the very real concerns these bills raise for patients...

What if human limits aren't a bug but a feature of our humanity? What if learning to live well in God's world actually means learning to love our (unlimited) God's (limited) creature.

Over three talks, main speaker Matt Lillicrap delved into this topic through the lens of Ecclesiastes and Romans. 

This is the third and final talk: Futility and Hope | Romans 8:18-25.

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What if human limits aren't a bug but a feature of our humanity? What if learning to live well in God's world actually means learning to love our (unlimited) God's (limited) creature.

Over three talks, main speaker Matt Lillicrap delved into this topic through the lens of Ecclesiastes and Romans. 

This is talk two: Receiving Time | Ecclesiastes 3:1-15.

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What if human limits aren't a bug but a feature of our humanity? What if learning to live well in God's world actually means learning to love our (unlimited) God's (limited) creature.

Over three talks, main speaker Matt Lillicrap delved into this topic through the lens of Ecclesiastes and Romans. 

This is talk one: The Endless Round | Ecclesiastes 1:1-11.

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‘The Lord is a God of justice.’ (Isaiah 30:18) And so, his followers long for justice. 

Over three talks, Giles Cattermole explored what Isaiah teaches about God’s justice, our injustice, his solution in the justice of the Cross of Jesus, and what it means to live and speak for Jesus and justice today. 

This is talk three.

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In the last episode of this series, we examine what the female body tells us about God and what it means to be an embodied person during the menopause, the time of change in women's reproductive lives. 

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‘The Lord is a God of justice.’ (Isaiah 30:18) And so, his followers long for justice. 

Over three talks, Giles Cattermole explored what Isaiah teaches about God’s justice, our injustice, his solution in the justice of the Cross of Jesus, and what it means to live and speak for Jesus and justice today. 

This is talk two.

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In this episode, we touch on the painful topics of infertility, miscarriage, and stillbirth—experiences of profound grief and suffering. How do we face them as Christians? What hope does Jesus offer in both reproductive loss and lack?

Resources:
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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/ 

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