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Teach Us To Pray explores the complexity and simplicity of prayer. Each episode pairs a short Scripture meditation with applications for your daily work and life and guided prayer, providing an example of what it means to pray without ceasing in your daily life.
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- 1 weeks ago11 min
Trans-Formed by Christ: The Christ Hymn Part 2
Summary The first part of the Christ Hymn in Philippians 2 teaches us that God's eternal form, incarnate in Christ, is the form of self-giving love. Through prayer, we can not only see this form, but live it out as God trans-forms us. Episode 74 | Trans-Formed by Christ: The Christ Hymn Part 2 Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources "The Mystery" by Van Morrison
- 3 weeks ago13 min
Death, Soil, and Humility
Summary The preamble to the Christ Hymn found in Philippians 2, in which Paul calls us to "do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty conceit," seems to be impossible to actually live out. But, what if every little act of selflessness, every little death of self, becomes the soil of humility, the queen of the virtues? What if we invite the Master Gardener to tend the soil of our lives? Episode 73 | Death, Soil, and Humility Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources TS Eliot, East Coker Gungor, "Beautiful Things"
- Apr 28, 202612 min
Trusting the God Who Knows
Summary The phrase, "Who knows?!", found throughout Scripture, features prominently in Joel 2:12-14. Praying this prayer is an act of childlike dependence, placing our trust in the God Who knows. Episode 72 | Trusting the God Who Knows Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources Crafting a Rule of Life "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," music by Albert Hague "Place on the Wall," performed my MILCK, words and music by Mark Crawford, from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Girl Climber Learn more about Lectio Devina HERE
- Apr 13, 202613 min
You are Named, You are Known, and that is Enough
Summary John 20:11-18 tells the story of the appearance of the resurrected Christ to Mary Magdalene. At its core, this story is about turning to Christ when we hear him speak our name. This is also what prayer is all about. Episode 71 | You are Named, You are Known, and that is Enough Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" by Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Prince, et. al. "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Birds "The Gardener" by Rudyard Kipling
- Mar 30, 202610 min
Brokenness: Hers, His, and Mine
Summary In this episode I continue to reflect on the story of Jesus' anointing by an unnamed Woman in Mark 14. This woman's understanding of Jesus is more aesthetic than it is cognitive. She longs for the form of Christ, a longing that is founded on her own brokenness. Episode 70 | Brokenness: Hers, His, and Mine Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources Johnny Cash, "Hurt"
- Mar 18, 202612 min
What the Gospel Smells Like: Praying with an Unnamed Woman
Summary Mark 14:3-11 is the story of an unnamed woman who anoints Jesus with costly ointment. If we pray this passage, we are opening our lives to be cruciform, to be akin to this woman's costly and extravagant devotion to King Jesus. Episode 69 | What the Gospel Smells Like: Praying with an Unnamed Woman Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources Overture to Don Giovanni, Mozart Anointing at Bethany by Linda Richardson
- Mar 2, 202613 min
Remember, Return, Repent
Summary 2 Kings 22 is the little known story of the prophet Huldah, a faithful woman whose interpretation of the Torah led to a great season of repentance. In this episode I pair that story with Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and suggest how our own repentance can be sustained by remembering and returning. Episode 68 | Remember, Return, Repent Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources Soundtrack from "Where the Wild Things Are" Where the Wild Things Are read by Christopher Walken Conversation With My Son by Mumford and Sons
- Feb 17, 202612 min
God Means to Impose
Summary The conclusion of the book of Genesis, with Joseph's words of forgiveness offered to his brothers, provides a profound parallel with the death of Jesus, and helps us understand and pray about God's redemptive work. Episode 67 | God Means to Impose Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute's Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, this podcast seeks to focus on the practice of prayer through scripture as a primary way to know, trust, and rest in God in our daily work and life. I would love to hear from you! Please reach out to me at jeff.hoffmeyer@denverinstitute.org with your feedback. Wherever you're listening—Spotify, Apple, or YouTube—subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show helps others discover what we're doing here. It's a small way to support the mission—and it means a lot to us. Resources The Storytelling Initiative "The Story" by Brandi Carlile "Lord of the Rings" Theme Song by Howard Shore "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by Sufjan Stevens
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Teach Us To Pray explores the complexity and simplicity of prayer. Each episode pairs a short Scripture meditation with applications for your daily work and life and guided prayer, providing an example of what it means to pray without ceasing in your daily life.
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