When did you trust Christ?
I had an awareness of the Lord from a very young age. As I grew older, I started to consider the claims of Christianity more deeply. One day, I heard a sermon in a church that deeply impacted me, and I started my journey to follow the Lord. At university, I was baptised and put my trust in Jesus. Through all these years, I have seen him lead, correct, encourage, and provide in the most wonderful ways. This gives me faith to continue my journey into a calling he gave me in medical school, which is to be a voice for him in the world of medicine.
What do you hope to gain from participating?
I look forward to meeting other Christian scientists and thinking deeply about how to relate their science to matters of faith and conduct. The chance to interact with others and learn from them in apologetic endeavors will be so valuable. I also look forward to making new friends so that my work and ministry can grow in the context of new relationships and support. I expect to be stretched and challenged in my thinking and for my faith to grow in love and wonder of the Lord who gave us life and the universe built on the amazing foundations that science is discovering.
What is your ministry?
Six years ago, I had the amazing opportunity to study full-time for a master's degree in theology, spirituality, and health in the Department of Theology at Durham University. Through my involvement in lifestyle medicine, I have started to be invited to speak at medical conferences on these subjects. These conferences include the recent British Society of Haematology and the forthcoming integrative and personalised medicine conference organised by the College of Medicine. I am also interested in designing a church-based course that could be run by trained volunteers that would help people improve their health through lifestyle medicine and, in the process, consider what their health is for and what their deepest foundations are. I see this as a way of engaging our culture in questions of faith through its concern for health and well-being.
