Seven Mile Chats

This year’s ! Some announcements about the podcast and Season 4’s first episode with ! Also, Season 4’s last episode- the podcast’s 100th episode- with made the cut as well as the ep with ! Also in the top 9: a video I created for and my episode with ! All in all a great year for the podcast! Here’s to 2024 and season 5!

I love this time of year…time to gather with friends and family and a time to reflect on the past year. This year, I reached my 100th episode and 4th season of this podcast. This hobbyist project that started in the pandemic has continued to produce fruit for me spiritually and led to great reflection and conversations. I took a little break from it in the middle of this year, but am back at it recording episodes for Season 5 which will start January 16, 2024. I can’t believe Season 5 will mean a fourth year of doing this with 100+ episodes 🙀 Grateful for the support and can’t wait to see what 2024 brings!

Happy Wrapped Day! Thanks for being faithful followers and listeners! Can’t wait to get started with more content and guests in 2024! 🙌🙏

It’s time! Now we just need guests! Love a scripture passage that you haven’t heard discussed yet? Know someone who might be a great guest? Send me a direct message with your email for more information! Can’t wait for new conversations in 2024!

Surprise! I love the end of the liturgical year and also love this first reading from today’s Mass. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring the podcast back for a surprise episode. Only God knows what 2024 will bring, but as we come to the end of this liturgical year this month, I thought it was only appropriate to reflect a little and give you an update. Enjoy! 👂🙏🎧

This Sunday at Mass, we hear the parable of the talents which I discussed earlier this year with Dr. Susan Howell. I really loved our discussion. Why not go back and listen to prepare for Mass this week? 🙏🎧

I did another episode of Pop Culture Catechism with Mike Tenney! And it’s about a few of our favorite things: concerts, liturgy, and Taylor Swift! 🙌💕Really proud of this episode with my friend, Mike Tenney. Listen wherever you stream podcasts or watch on You Tube to see my Eras fit! 💁‍♀️

Taylor’s Eras & The Liturgy of Concerts w/Julia Strukley Mike and his friend Julia (Seven Mile Chats) went to the Eras tour and it reminded us of the mass. This episode is us being Taylor/pop music/Theology/Liturg...

I did another episode of Pop Culture Catechism with 🙌💕 it’s about a few of our favorite things: liturgy, concerts, and !!! 💜💙 Give it a listen on or wherever you stream podcasts today!

Another second reading from Philippians this Sunday at Mass and it’s another one that I’ve chatted about with another Julia! 😂🙏🎙️You can go back and listen to it in Season 2!

Today’s second reading is a famous passage which I discussed with a former colleague about back in season 1! Give it a re-listen!

The second reading this weekend is part of a passage I discussed with my friend, Fr. Brian Capuano a while ago in Season 2. Go back and listen! 😊

✨mini life update ✨ Hey, everyone! It’s been about 4-5 mos since the 100th episode of this podcast released. I’m still taking a break, but the Holy Spirit is not! I wanted to give y’all a mini-life update.
I was accepted into a program for spiritual direction here in Richmond which started this fall and I’m really excited about how the Lord is already working through those classes and sessions. I’m doing a lot of reading, writing, and praying these days- even more so than usual! I’ve also continued blogging and recently accepted another part time gig writing for a catechetical resource. I hope to return to the podcast in 2024, but I hope you all are enjoying this new fall season and that you are noticing the Spirit at work in your lives as well! 🍁🍂🙏

Been a minute since I’ve posted and I’m still taking a break from the podcast, but love that we’ve got a library of episodes to pull from and conversations to contemplate when we hear the readings at Mass! Today’s Gospel made me think of my conversation with from Season 2 and the first reading reminded me of a chat from Season 1 with Rosina from . You might want to go back and listen to reflect in the readings from Mass today!

The Gospel this week reminds of this chat that I had earlier this year with Sue Fulmore. Why not give this episode another listen to prepare for Mass this weekend? 🙏

This week’s verse. Loved my chat about this verse with guest, ! Listen today on

Happy feast of Corpus Christi! 🙏 Why not celebrate this great feast of the Eucharist by relistening to my conversation with Deacon (now Father) Bruce on John’s Bread of Life discourse from Season 2?! 🙌🎧Happy summer and happy feast!

Happy Feast of Pentecost! It’s one of my favorite feasts and the end of the Easter season. Why not celebrate by listening to last year’s Ascension/Pentecost episode or revisit one of my very first episodes ever- Season 1, Ep 2- with my friend Michael from Liturgy Training Publications? Come, Holy Spirit! 🔥

We don’t talk about this verse enough 😂🥂🍷

Still taking a break, but if you want to chat this summer, send me a message!

100th episode aired this week ✨🙏🎧 🎉This podcast started in the pandemic when the world was shut down and we were at home seeking new ways to connect with others. I loved being able to interact with people through this medium and through Scripture in that time. As we adjust to life post-pandemic and our lives get busy again, it’s been harder to find guests and time to record episodes. I am definitely open to recording new episodes, but will be taking a break again as we get back to “normal”. I am grateful to all of my guests and listeners and hope to have some more Seven Mile Chats sooner rather than later. I am always open to seeking new ways to encounter Christ with others and Scripture is an amazing way to do that. I pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to lead and perhaps revive the podcast sometime soon! Until then…🙏

This week’s verse which I chat about with who is a certified strategist, mother, teacher, and coach! It’s also our 100th episode! Listen today! 🙌🎧

Episode 100!!! 🙌✨ Today’s episode is my 100th episode with a guest! It’s been 3 years and 4 seasons, but we made it! And this week I chat with about Phil. 4:13 and how Christ and community can offer us strength in times where we feel depleted. Listen today on 🎧

This week’s verse. Loved my chat about this verse with guest, ! Listen today on

New episode! ✨ Today I chat with who is a connection with a previous guest, . We talk about a beautiful verse in Matthew’s gospel that is one we all probably need a little more reflection on in our busy lives. Listen today! 🎧

Happy 3rd Sunday of Easter! 🙌🙏🌷 Today’s gospel is the Road to Emmaus aka the passage from which this podcast gets its name! I’ve chatted with 2 different guests about this passage previously: in Season 3 and in Season 2. Why not give these episodes a listen today? And Happy Easter! 🙌

This week’s verse with is one of her life verses. We discuss how it relates to her story of overcoming obstacles and suffering in her life and how it can help us as well! 🙏

This week’s guest is pastor, Bible Study author, and fellow podcast host, ! She shares her story and her journey with overcoming suffering through the lens of Scripture, specifically verse: Psalm 40:2. You can listen to her podcast, Steady On, and listen to our episode on today!

Happy ! Here are some more past episodes to revisit as we enter into the Lord’s Passion this week:
-my chat with from Season 2 about what happens with the veil of the temple on Good Friday
- my chat with Rosina from about Christ’s conversation with Pilate from John’s gospel
- my chat from Season 3 with Barbara Culver about the Agony in the Garden

Happy Holy Week and Blessed Triduum! Our holiest time or the year! 🙏✝️🌿

Happy Holy Week! This weekend we hear the readings for Palm Sunday which we happen to have chats about from 3 different episodes from some of the previous seasons! The first reading is from Isaiah which I discussed with my late great friend, Deacon Charles Williams, on season 1. The psalm is Psalm 22 which I discuss with on season 3. The second reading is from Philippians 2 which I discuss with my former colleague, Dave Ballintyn, also on season 1. Why not give these episodes a re- listen to start your Holy Week off right? 🙏✝️🌿

Happy 4th Sunday of Lent! Still taking a little break while looking for and recording new guests. Hope that your Lent is blessed and the best of the journey is yet to come!

This Sunday’s Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Lent is that of The Samaritan Woman which I chatted about with earlyamcoffeewithjesus back in Season 2. Why not give it a re-listen for tomorrow’s Mass? You can find it on Spotify, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts! Happy Lent!

My guest earlier this month, , mentioned finding a “life verse” when we discussed the verse that has been important to her in her life. This week, I thought that I would share mine. This verse from Hebrews has been important to me in the last 20 or so years of my life. I also think that it happens to be a really great verse for Lent!

I will be taking another break as I am in need of guests to record new episodes for this season. If you or someone you know is interested in chatting with me, please send me a message.

Happy Lent! ✝️🙌🙏

Really enjoyed my chat with Dr. Susan Howell from this week! This gospel is such a familiar and important one. I loved my guest’s take on it. Listen today!

New episode! 🚨 This week, I chat with Professor Susan Howell from about the parable of the talents from Matthew’s gospel. I really enjoyed this conversation so I hope that you will listen on today! 🙌🎧

Love this week’s verse and chat with Fr. Larry from .maryofthemills 🙌🙏 Listen today! 🎧

New episode!! 🚨I loved my chat with Fr. Larry Young of .maryofthemills in . We chat about a verse in St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians and about the difference between repentance and regret. Such a valuable message for all of us today, if I do say so myself! 😊 Listen today on

This week’s verse with ! We connect this verse from Matthew’s Gospel to the practice of Centering Prayer. Listen today! 🙌🎧 -

New episode! 🚨 This week I chat with Rich Lewis about Matthew 6:6 and the practice of Centering Prayer. Rich walks us through the practice of Centering Prayer which is a practice that I highly recommend trying. I also recommend listening to this episode and sharing it with a friend! 💁‍♀️🎧

Part of this week’s verse with . New episode for the start of Season 4 out today! Listen now! 🎧

Season 4 is here!! 🙌🎉 To start off the new season, I chat with returning guest from Season 2, ! Katie and I both write and contribute content for and are well acquainted with the city of Cleveland. 😊 I always enjoy chatting with Katie who is so thoughtful with her approach to Scripture. Make sure to check out this as well as her Instagram and her books which she mentions this episode. Welcome to Season 4!

Season 4’s premiere episode is coming this week! The new episode will drop Tuesday, Jan. 17! Stay tuned this season for new and returning guests and if you or someone you know would like to be a guest, let me know! 🙌🙏 Thank you for listening! 🎧

Merry Christmas Eve! 2022 has been a good year, but started and is ending kind of sadly with lots of darkness and loved ones who are suffering. We feel this suffering, I believe, even more so in this time of cold, winter, and dark nights. There’s no coincidence that the Church places our feast of Christmas during this time. Christ’s coming into the world through Mary and the Holy Spirit as a newborn is light and hope in this time of physical and maybe spiritual darkness.

I decided to release a special bonus episode today reflecting on John’s introductory narrative that you may hear at Mass on Christmas Day. I hope that it provides a little light amid this cold and dark of winter as well.

Sending prayers of peace, joy, warmth, and hope to you and yours this Christmas season!