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Inga Hofmann, MD – Physician, Leadership Coach, Life Coach, Discipleship
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Do you feel called to medicine, but unclear what God is asking of you in this season? Are you longing for deeper intimacy with Jesus, but struggling to make space for Him in the demands of medicine? Do you crave clear direction from the Holy Spirit, yet feel stuck in overthinking, uncertainty, or spiritual noise? I’m so glad you’re here. This podcast will help you hear God’s voice clearly in your daily life so you can boldly integrate your faith and medicine and step confidently into your God-given purpose in every season. I’m Inga, a Christian physician, mom, wife, and follower of Jesus. For years, I tried to live out my faith authentically while navigating the relentless pressures of academic medicine. But honestly? I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and often unsure whether I was hearing God… or just my own thoughts. I wanted clarity about career decisions, patients, and daily life. I tried to stay consistent with prayer and Scripture, but medicine kept pulling me off track. My quiet time was hit-or-miss. Faith felt compartmentalized. I felt defeated. Then something shifted. I realized I didn’t need more striving — I needed margin. I needed habits rooted in intimacy, not performance. When I committed to daily Scripture and prayer (for real this time), intimacy with God became my foundation. And from that place, I began hearing His voice with clarity — in prayer, in intercession, and even in caring for my patients. That shift led to Spirit-led discernment, bold obedience, and even a miracle with one of my patients that changed me forever. I have never been the same. Now I help Christian physicians: • Hear God’s voice — even on their busiest days • Integrate faith and medicine without apology • Walk confidently as Spirit-led doctors who honor both God and science If you’re ready to stop compartmentalizing your faith and start walking fully in your calling, this podcast is for you. Grab your journal and your sword (yes, your Bible).Let’s become the physicians God created us to be. Next Steps: 👉 Join my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/612707987672374 🖥️ Visit my website: https://www.ingahofmann.com/ 📪Get my Weekly Dose of Encouragement: https://www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 📩 Email me: inga@ingahofmann.com

  1. 23h ago

    73. Don't Just Read the Bible—Pray It: How Busy Physicians can Pray Scripture Over Your Life

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever sat down to pray and realized you don’t actually know what to say? Maybe your mind immediately goes to your patients, your family, your schedule, and everything you need God to fix. But what if Scripture itself could teach you how to pray? In this episode of The Christian Physician Podcast, I’m sharing a simple but powerful practice that has deeply impacted my own prayer life: praying the Word of God out loud over yourself. Instead of separating Bible reading from prayer, what if you allowed Scripture to become your prayer? I’ll walk you through exactly how to do this and demonstrate it using Psalm 1, Psalm 23, and Ephesians 1. You’ll hear how you can take the words right in front of you and turn them into personal prayers over your identity, your calling, your family, your workplace, and your life in medicine. We’ll talk about: • Why Bible reading and prayer don’t have to be two separate parts of your quiet time • How praying Scripture helps get the Word of God “on the inside” of you • How to turn a Psalm into a personal prayer • Practical examples from Psalm 1 and Psalm 23 • How to pray Paul’s prayers in Ephesians over yourself • Scriptures to pray when you need wisdom, feel anxious, or want to put on the armor of God • How to begin even if praying Scripture feels unfamiliar or awkward You don’t need an elaborate prayer routine. You don’t need the perfect words. Open your Bible. Read the Word out loud. And as a verse speaks to you, begin praying it back to God. Don’t just read the Word. Pray the Word. 📖 GET THE WEEKLY DOSE Want practical, biblical encouragement to help you live out your faith in the middle of medicine and a full schedule? Join me for The Weekly Dose—my weekly encouragement specifically for Christian physicians, with biblical teaching, prayer, practical encouragement, and more. https://ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 🩺 JOIN US IN BOSTON | OCTOBER 30–31, 2026 The Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference is bringing Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country together in Boston for two days exploring: Healing & Miracles: Bridging Science and Faith We’ll bring together physicians, researchers, scholars, theologians, pastors, and ministry practitioners—not only to talk about healing, miracles, faith, and medicine, but to experience God together. Final registration closes October 22. Conference details + registration: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 🎙️ The Christian Physician Podcast Helping Christian physicians actually live out their faith, hear God, follow the Holy Spirit, pray boldly, and integrate the Kingdom of God into medicine. Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

  2. Sep 22

    72. Feeling Alone in Medicine? 3 Ways Christian Physicians Can Reconnect With God & Community

    Send us Fan Mail Medicine can be full of people—and still feel incredibly lonely. Maybe you feel like the only Christian physician in your workplace. Maybe you’ve slowly become disconnected from church, community, prayer, or even God Himself. And the longer isolation goes on, the harder it can feel to get back. In this episode, I share three simple—but powerful—ways to break that cycle: • Come back to prayer as real conversation with God • Get back into the Word, even if you start with just a few verses • Choose Christian community, especially when you don’t feel like it You were never meant to do medicine—or follow Jesus—alone. 🎟️ HEAL THE HEALERS CONFERENCE If you’re longing to be around other Christian physicians and healthcare professionals who understand this world, join us October 30–31 in Boston for the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles — Bridging Science and Faith. Standard registration ends September 30. 👉 healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 👥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Looking for ongoing connection with other Christian physicians? Join Heal the Healers | Christian Physicians: Hear God + Faith + Medicine on Facebook. Come connect, ask questions, receive prayer, and grow alongside physicians who want to live out their faith boldly in medicine. 👉 Join the Facebook group  Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

  3. Sep 16

    71. Does God Still Heal Today? Healing Prayer, Miracles & Faith in Medicine | Candy Gunther Brown, PhD

    Send us Fan Mail https://www.globalmri.org/Does God still heal today? And can healing prayer and miracles actually be studied scientifically? In this fascinating conversation, I sit down with Candy Gunther Brown, PhD, professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University and author of Testing Prayer: Science and Healing. We talk about the scientific investigation of healing prayer, medically documented miracles, and whether faith and medicine really have to be at odds. We also explore what happens when medicine alone doesn't answer people's deepest questions, why spiritual and alternative healing practices are increasingly attractive, and how Christian physicians can approach these questions with both biblical grounding and intellectual integrity. 🔥 JOIN US IN BOSTON Candy and her husband, neuroscientist Joshua Brown, PhD, will both be speaking at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles — Bridging Science and Faith, October 30–31, 2026, in Boston. Standard Registration closes September 30. 👉 Register:   🔗 healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 ⭐️  RESOURCES 🔬 Global Medical Research Institute (GMRI): globalmri.org 📚 Candy Gunther Brown: candygbrown.com 🎥 Miracle — Angel Studios 📖 Testing Prayer: Science and Healing — Candy Gunther Brown 📖 Proving a Miracle — Joshua W. Brown If this episode encouraged you, share it with a friend and leave the podcast a 5-star rating or review. It helps more Christian physicians discover the show. Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

    71. Does God Still Heal Today? Healing Prayer, Miracles & Faith in Medicine | Candy Gunther Brown, PhD

  4. Sep 9

    70. Do Miracles Still Happen Today? Healing, the Holy Spirit & Medicine | Interview with Ken Fish

    Send us Fan Mail Do miracles still happen today? Does God still heal? And are healing, prophecy, deliverance, signs and wonders, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit still available to Christians today? In this episode of The Christian Physician Podcast, I sit down with Ken Fish, founder of Orbis Ministries, to explore healing and miracles, Christian healing prayer, the Holy Spirit, cessationism, supernatural healing, and the intersection of faith and medicine. Ken shares how his worldview began to change after studying at Princeton and wrestling honestly with a disconnect: the Bible clearly describes Jesus and His disciples healing the sick and moving in supernatural power but much of Western Christianity taught him not to expect those things today. Then he began encountering things he could not easily explain away. Ken shares the story of watching his mother’s painful mouth sores disappear during healing prayer, his years with John Wimber, and several extraordinary healing testimonies from decades of ministry. We also explore why Western medicine has become increasingly open to spirituality and alternative healing practices, why the Church cannot afford to abandon the conversation around healing, and what role Christian physicians and healthcare professionals may have in bringing a biblically grounded understanding of healing, the Holy Spirit, and the Kingdom of God back into medicine. 🔥 JOIN US IN BOSTON If this conversation makes you curious—or awakens something in you that says, “I want to understand this for myself”—come be in the room. The Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles — Bridging Science and Faith brings Christian physicians, healthcare professionals, scholars, researchers, ministry leaders, and practitioners together for two days of teaching, worship, healing prayer, thoughtful discussion, and encounter with God. 📅 October 30–31, 2026 📍 Boston, Massachusetts REGISTER: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 KEN FISH + ORBIS MINISTRIES RESOURCES Orbis Ministries: https://orbisministries.org God Is Not a Theory Podcast: https://godisnotatheory.com Luminosity Conference | October 1–3, 2026: https://kingdomluminosity.org Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

    70. Do Miracles Still Happen Today? Healing, the Holy Spirit & Medicine | Interview with Ken Fish

  5. Sep 4

    69. What Happens When God Interrupts Your Physician Career? Healing, Miracles, Calling and the Vision for Heal the Healers

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if the experiences, skills, struggles, and unexpected turns in your life are actually preparing you for something God hasn’t revealed yet? How do you recognize when God is calling you into a new assignment? And what do you do when that calling feels far bigger than you? In this episode, my friend Marilyn Kaminsky, founder of White Coat Revival and ViaRayma, turns the tables and interviews me! We talk about calling, obedience, faith and medicine—and the surprising ways God can prepare us years, even decades, before we understand what He was preparing us for. I share the story behind Heal the Healers, the patient encounter that changed my understanding of prayer, how seemingly unrelated parts of my medical and leadership career converged, and what I’ve learned about taking the next step when God’s assignment feels impossible. If you’re trying to discern what God is calling you to do in this season, this conversation will encourage you to look back, pay attention, and trust that He may have been preparing you longer than you realize. COME JOIN US IN BOSTON Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference October 30–31, 2026 | Boston, MA Healing & Miracles: Bridging Science and Faith → Register: healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Healed. Restored. Equipped. Sent. Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

  6. Sep 1

    68. Is There More to Following Jesus? Healing, Miracles & Faith in Medicine | Interview with Matthew Suh, MD, MPH

    Send us Fan Mail What if you love Jesus, go to church, serve faithfully, and are doing all the “right” Christian things—but deep down, you know something is missing? What if following Jesus was never meant to feel like more striving? Or doing more things. And what happens when God suddenly challenges what you believe about healing, miracles, the Holy Spirit, and even the way you practice medicine? In this episode, I sit down with surgeon and ordained minister Dr. Matthew Suh, for a powerful conversation about burnout, surrender, hearing the voice of Jesus, miraculous healing, the gift of faith, and learning to integrate faith and medicine in a completely different way. If you’ve been hungry for more of God—but aren’t quite sure what “more” looks like—this conversation is for you. Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

    68. Is There More to Following Jesus? Healing, Miracles & Faith in Medicine | Interview with Matthew Suh, MD, MPH

  7. Aug 19

    67. Want to Become a Better Leader? The #1 Leadership Principle Every Christian Physician Should Know

    Send us Fan Mail What if becoming a better leader has less to do with getting a title and more to do with how you lead yourself when no one is watching? Leadership begins long before you lead a team, department, organization, or ministry. It begins with your everyday choices, habits, reactions, priorities, and willingness to follow through on what God has already asked you to do. In this episode, we’re talking about self-leadership as a spiritual discipline and why self-control is more than a productivity skill. It’s a fruit of the Spirit. We’ll talk about: Why you can be highly disciplined and still struggle with self-leadershipHow your reactions, boundaries, and follow-through affect your leadershipThe difference between self-control and simply trying harderHow to recognize procrastination, avoidance, and misplaced prioritiesWhy sometimes “waiting for more confirmation” is actually keeping us from obeying what God has already shown usHere’s your challenge: Where is God asking you to lead yourself better in this season? Take that question into your quiet time this week. Ask the Lord to show you one area where you already know what to do, but haven’t consistently followed through. Ready for deeper support? Step 1: Join the Heal the Healers Facebook community for Christian physicians Step 2:  Explore 1:1 coaching at https://ingahofmanncoaching.com/  Step 3: Join us at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference in Boston, October 30–31, 2026. Come get: Healed. Restored. Equipped. Episode mentioned in this podcast 🎙️ Ep. 6: 6. Discerning Divine Timing: Are You Truly Trusting God, or Stuck in Procrastination? Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

  8. Aug 13

    66. Feeling Stuck in Medicine? How Physician Mentorship or Coaching Can Give You the Support You Need

    Send us Fan Mail You have the vision. You know there is more God has called you to do. So why do you still feel stuck trying to figure it all out on your own? Sometimes the problem isn’t that you need another strategy, book, or piece of advice. Sometimes the problem isn’t that you need more information or another strategy. Perhaps you simply need the right people around you. Do you need a mentor who has already walked the road? A coach who can help you uncover the blind spots and patterns keeping you stuck? Or a community of people who understand the unique road you’re walking? In this episode  I unpack the very different roles of mentors, coaches, and community and how to recognize what you actually need in this season. I share lessons from my own journey in academic medicine, leadership, coaching, and ministry, including why great mentors can be incredibly valuable but still have limitations, why more information often doesn’t solve the problem, and why isolation can quietly make everything harder. Because you were never meant to navigate your career, leadership, faith, and calling alone. If you’ve been feeling stuck, isolated, or unsure how to move from where you are to where you believe God is calling you, this episode will help you identify your next step. Want support taking that next step? If you’re looking for coaching, email me at inga@ingahoffmann.com or use the coaching application link below. I’d love to hear what you’re working toward and see if I can help. And if you’re looking for community, come join us October 30–31 in Boston for the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles — Bridging Science and Faith. This is an opportunity to get into the room with Christian physicians, healthcare professionals, scientists, and ministry leaders who are asking many of the same questions you are. Register at healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join Us in Boston What if you could step away from the demands of medicine for two days—not to do more, but to encounter God, receive, and be renewed? Join Christian physicians and healthcare professionals from across the country at the Heal the Healers Physician & Healthcare Conference: Healing & Miracles—Bridging Science and Faith. Together, we’ll explore healing and miracles through Scripture, science, medicine, worship, prayer, and practical ministry—while making space for God to minister to us, too. If something in you has been saying, “There has to be more,” I would love to have you in the room. 📍 Boston | October 30–31, 2026 Standard Registration through September 30 👉 SAVE YOUR SEAT: https://healthehealersconference.com/boston2026 Join our growing Facebook Community. Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel

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Do you feel called to medicine, but unclear what God is asking of you in this season? Are you longing for deeper intimacy with Jesus, but struggling to make space for Him in the demands of medicine? Do you crave clear direction from the Holy Spirit, yet feel stuck in overthinking, uncertainty, or spiritual noise? I’m so glad you’re here. This podcast will help you hear God’s voice clearly in your daily life so you can boldly integrate your faith and medicine and step confidently into your God-given purpose in every season. I’m Inga, a Christian physician, mom, wife, and follower of Jesus. For years, I tried to live out my faith authentically while navigating the relentless pressures of academic medicine. But honestly? I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and often unsure whether I was hearing God… or just my own thoughts. I wanted clarity about career decisions, patients, and daily life. I tried to stay consistent with prayer and Scripture, but medicine kept pulling me off track. My quiet time was hit-or-miss. Faith felt compartmentalized. I felt defeated. Then something shifted. I realized I didn’t need more striving — I needed margin. I needed habits rooted in intimacy, not performance. When I committed to daily Scripture and prayer (for real this time), intimacy with God became my foundation. And from that place, I began hearing His voice with clarity — in prayer, in intercession, and even in caring for my patients. That shift led to Spirit-led discernment, bold obedience, and even a miracle with one of my patients that changed me forever. I have never been the same. Now I help Christian physicians: • Hear God’s voice — even on their busiest days • Integrate faith and medicine without apology • Walk confidently as Spirit-led doctors who honor both God and science If you’re ready to stop compartmentalizing your faith and start walking fully in your calling, this podcast is for you. Grab your journal and your sword (yes, your Bible).Let’s become the physicians God created us to be. Next Steps: 👉 Join my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/612707987672374 🖥️ Visit my website: https://www.ingahofmann.com/ 📪Get my Weekly Dose of Encouragement: https://www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 📩 Email me: inga@ingahofmann.com

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