Latest Shpe Podcast Episodes
Living the Law of Love
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - October 30, 2023 21:36 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe often think love and laws are opposite things, but Jesus teaches us that all the moral laws of God can be summed up in one word: love. In this episode, Fr. Ryan breaks open the two greatest commandments and shows how God's laws teach us how to love.
Correcting with Love
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - September 13, 2023 19:11 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIt's not easy to fulfill our Christian duty to correct each other and reach out to people in serious sin. But Jesus gives us a 3-step process to follow. We are responsible for each other! Let us participate in Jesus' call to be good shepherds and seek the lost to bring them back.
Gifts of the Spirit
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - December 05, 2022 19:05 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Father Ryan explains how the Gifts of the Holy Spirit burn away the roots of the seven deadly sins in us, preparing the way for the Lord to come and help us bear good fruit of repentance.
Stream toward Jerusalem
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - November 27, 2022 18:56 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo be an apprentice of Jesus means to order your life around three goals: Be with Jesus, Become like Jesus, and Do what Jesus did. Fr. Ryan Ford, the pastor of St. John and St. Joseph Parishes in Ishpeming, MI, brings you up-to-date with the content of his weekend homily, where he teaches the wh...
Trials and Hope
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - November 13, 2022 20:08 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus predicts many bad things that are going to happen to us, but ultimately he wants to give us hope. In this episode, Father Ryan shines light on our current situation and what God is calling us to as people of hope in the midst of trials and tribulations.
The fire of God's love
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - August 14, 2022 13:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus says he has come to cast fire on the earth. Fire is frightening. What can this image say to us about God's love? Love is demanding, and the demands of love can be frightening. When Jesus calls us, he doesn't allow us to stay as we are. We must be changed, transformed. What is disorde...
The most perfect prayer
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - July 25, 2022 18:26 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus teaches the most perfect prayer when he teaches us to pray, "Our Father." In this episode, Father Ryan explains the petitions of the Lord's prayer and how the Mass is the fulfillment of all we pray for in the Our Father.
Being Mary in a Martha world
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - July 18, 2022 17:49 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo be an apprentice of Jesus means to order your life around three goals: Be with Jesus, Become like Jesus, and Do what Jesus did. Fr. Ryan Ford, the pastor of St. John and St. Joseph Parishes in Ishpeming, MI, brings you up-to-date with the content of his weekend homily, where he teaches the wh...
Studying Sunlight by Moonlight
COSIA - Innovative Minds - July 18, 2022 16:39 - 20 minutesDr. Frank Gu explains the late-night research behind H2Nano’s ground-breaking SolarPass™ technology, which uses sunlight to treat industrial water so it’s safe for aquatic life.
Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation
COSIA - Innovative Minds - May 04, 2022 20:25 - 15 minutesIn celebration of COSIA’s 10th anniversary, Brenda Leeds Binder, QC, joins me to discuss what it was like being on the team tasked with drafting the organization’s original governance agreements and what she believes has been the “secret sauce” in advancing clean tech innovation.
The Gospel of Jesus
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - April 22, 2022 16:37 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe announcement of Jesus' death and resurrection is called the 'Gospel,' a word that means a life-changing event that radically changes our circumstances. In this episode, Father Ryan proclaims the message of the Gospel of Jesus and the difference it makes.
Pots & Pans of Energy Efficiency
COSIA - Innovative Minds - April 12, 2022 12:38 - 19 minutesEngineering Specialist, Denis Westphalen, shares with us what efficiencies are being explored in the oil sands industry as well as the steps he’s implementing at home to reduce his energy use.
God's upward calling
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - April 08, 2022 16:37 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent call us to overcome the attitudes of condemnation and complacency, and grow in confidence in Jesus and His upward calling in our life. In this episode Fr. Ryan explains how we can grow in this attitude!
The presence of God
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - March 18, 2022 16:34 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Transfiguration of Jesus has a long Biblical background of God's appearance as fire and cloud. In this episode, Father Ryan explains God's promises to Abraham, and how Christ fulfills them and fills us to be God's presence on earth.
The battle for freedom
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - March 10, 2022 16:32 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus enters into spiritual combat with the devil and wins victory over temptations to pride, lust, and greed. In this episode, Father Ryan explains how we face the same temptations, and how we can win with the weapons of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Embracing suffering
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - March 03, 2022 14:39 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs we being Lent, Jesus calls us to suffer with him and embrace the cross. In this episode, Father Ryan encourages us not to flee from losing our lives each day.
Speech that builds up
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - March 01, 2022 20:54 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus calls us to be fruitful trees through speech that builds up, helps others, teaches and leads others, and removes others' defects. In this episode, Father Ryan examines how we can bear good fruit for the Lord as we prepare for Lent.
Gadgets to Gases: Exploring CCUS’s Role in Emissions Reduction
COSIA - Innovative Minds - February 23, 2022 20:18 - 17 minutesKaro Afiegbe, P. Eng, explains how his childhood curiosity of gadgets and his father’s book collection lead him to his current role as Technology Development Specialist & Advisor for CO2 Capture at Cenovus Energy.
Jesus' peace plan
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - February 21, 2022 16:24 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn his Sermon on the Plain, Jesus gives us his four-point peace plan when we're faced with hatred, hostility, exclusion, or insults because we follow Christ and His teachings. In this episode, Fr. Ryan explains how we can live out Jesus' plan in our lives and live in peace with all people.
Cast into the deep
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - February 08, 2022 15:54 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGod always takes the initiative in our life to come close to us and call us. Isaiah and Peter's response is to recoil in fear and shame at their sinfulness, yet this doesn't stop God from calling them. In this episode, Father Ryan explains the lessons we learn from their experience, and how we ...
Loving people with same-sex attraction
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - February 01, 2022 20:53 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCaring for people with same-sex attraction has become part of the 'culture wars,' with seemingly two sides pitted against each other. In this episode, Father Ryan talks about how to walk in the way of Jesus, the way of love, as we reflect unconditional love and also bear witness to the truth ab...
March for Life 2022
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - January 25, 2022 16:58 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Father Ryan speaks about his experience with a bus load of Yooper pilgrims to the 48th March for Life in Washington, D.C. Many of the speakers told their stories of how abortion affected their lives, and how they found mercy and a future of hope in Christ Jesus.
Taking the plunge
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - January 14, 2022 21:27 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe central ritual of entry into the Christian life is baptism, being immersed and plunged into water. In this episode on the feast of Jesus' Baptism, Father Ryan examines ways we can 'take the plunge' headlong into the Christian life, rather than just look at or admire it from afar.
The gifts Jesus brings
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - December 29, 2021 19:36 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsChildren teach us the true meaning of Christmas really is to receive gifts! In this Christmas homily, Father Ryan reflects on four of the gifts Jesus brings when we receive Him into our lives.
The dwelling place of God
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - December 21, 2021 15:20 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn the Old Testament, God showed he wanted to be Emmanuel, God-with-us. The prophets foretold a time when God would not just be with us, but within us, that he wants to put his Spirit and his divine life in us. In this episode, Father Ryan explains how the Blessed Virgin Mary fulfills the expe...
Nerds and Nanos Leading Net Zero
COSIA - Innovative Minds - December 10, 2021 20:34 - 28 minutesCOSIA’s Chief Executive, Wes Jickling, shares insight into his role at COSIA, and his perspective on oil sands innovation.
Hope the desert
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - December 06, 2021 15:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn the midst of the difficult circumstances of 1st century Palestine, God's Word came to John, as a voice calling out in the desert. God wants to come to us in the often difficult circumstances of our lives. In this episode, Father Ryan considers the ways God prepares us for his coming, and ho...
Keep your head up
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - November 29, 2021 17:49 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe first words of the entrance antiphon for Advent 1 is "To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul." Jesus exhorts us in today's Gospel to "Raise your heads" in times of tribulation. In this episode, Father Ryan draws some practical lessons from the Scriptures and from the first Christmas characters ...
The Down and Dirty on Wetlands Research
COSIA - Innovative Minds - November 24, 2021 03:47 - 15 minutesMichael Wendlandt, Graduate Researcher, shares how he got down and dirty gathering wetland samples to advance reclamation efforts as part of the NSERC/COSIA Industrial Research Chair Program at the University of Calgary.
Shine like light
Ishpeming Catholic Podcast - November 15, 2021 13:36 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJesus warns us we must pass through many tribulations to enter the Kingdom of God, and that many will fall away from faith because of persecution and pressures from the world. In this episode, Father Ryan encourages us to shine with the light of Christ as the darkness surrounds us. The saints ...