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Holy Chuckles
Holy Chuckles Podcast is about letting your light shine ~ even when life is messy, uncertain or unfinished.
Hosted by Keri Jo, This podcast is a lived exploration of faith, healing, and integration, shared in real time and without polish.
These stories shine light into places often kept hidden ~ not to perform strength, but to make room for honesty.
Because sometimes the bravest thing we can do is stop hiding and let ourselves be seen.
Episodes
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Cat Treats, Nibbles & Human Excuses
I've spent a lot of my life recognizing patterns I needed to release. And then finding every excuse imaginable to pick them right back up! But somewhere along…
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Curbside, Please!
I can make friends anywhere, talk to just about anybody, and have a great time in a room full of people. But apparently, I'm also the person who would rather…
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Just Open the Box!
Seven months. The Philistines had the Ark of the Covenant for SEVEN MONTHS, and apparently nobody thought to open the box! Meanwhile, I can't even make it out…
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Eight Legs Is a Lot
I was on the last leg of my birthday trip, thinking I'd already learned all the lessons God had for me. But between a crooked pinky toe, a gallon of iced tea…
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The Burgers Are Better From the Source
I left the Ark with answers to questions I didn’t even know I had, only to find myself in a White Castle drive-thru receiving wisdom I definitely didn’t order…
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I Just Asked How Are You
I thought I was heading to Kentucky to see the Ark. Instead, I kept meeting little pieces of light along the way. A woman at a coffee window whose energy…
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Just Get Out
I thought I was planning a road trip. Turns out I was packing a whole damn suitcase full of old patterns and taking them with me. Control. Performance…
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I Don't Want That Smoke
For the first time in my life, I gave myself one of the best birthday presents a gal could ever receive: a birthday road trip. A road trip leading nowhere but…
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Well, I Guess My Shoes Are Green Now.
Holy Chuckles is officially ONE YEAR OLD. And somehow, so am I. Okay, fine. I'm 51. 😂 A year ago, my life looked completely different. I had quit my job…
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God, Give Me a Spreadsheet
Apparently waiting for me this week was a half-man, half-fish who looks NOTHING like Jason Momoa, a Russian boxing ring, a conference room full of executives I…
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Ma'am, I Don't Work Here
My moving day was supposed to be the beginning of a brand-new chapter for me. Instead, my apartment wasn't ready, the movers weren't moving, the temperature…
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Ma'am, I Just Got Here
Imagine showing up in this world and immediately being handed everyone’s patterns. Patterns you didn't create. Patterns you didn't choose. Patterns that were…
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Sir, Your Wife Is Pregnant
Phinehas, your wife is pregnant. Why are you on the battlefield? I couldn't stop asking that question. Until I realized I wasn't just looking at Phinehas. I…
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What If There Is No Villain?
I've spent a lot of my life looking for who was responsible. Who hurt me. Who taught me wrong. Who led me somewhere I didn't want to go. Who made me feel like…
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Just Do It
I've waited for certainty most of my life. Certainty that I was doing it right. Certainty that I was hearing God correctly. Certainty that I was enough. This…
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God Let Me See It
For a long time, I thought healing meant waiting for my circumstances to change. But this week I realized something completely different. Sometimes God doesn't…
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A Place I Didn't Want to Be
Have you ever found yourself in a place you never wanted to be? I thought the hardest part was the place itself. What I didn't realize was that the real battle…
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The Battle Beneath the Battle
This week I realized my growth and healing most of the time makes me uncomfortable. Then I realized when I am uncomfortable, I start reaching for things…
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I'm Not Choosing Chaos Anymore
For months, I've been living inside a system that no longer matched who I was becoming. Everything around me felt chaotic. Plans changed. People changed. The…
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The Little Boy Who Helped Me Heal
For the last nine months, I thought I was studying the story of Samuel. I wasn't. Somehow, a little boy from an ancient story was quietly helping me understand…
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God Didn't Give Me the Finger...The Reaction to My Action Did.
What if God wasn't creating the consequence? What if God was simply revealing where the path was already leading? For most of my life, I thought life was just…
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The Boy Who Couldn't See Himself
While living in 1 Samuel 3:10-11 this week, I heard a story about a little boy playing a video game who said, "I don't like being this big because I can't see…
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The Sword in the McMuffin
What does a sausage McMuffin have to do with 1 Samuel 3:8-9? This week I discovered more than breakfast waiting for me at McDonald's. I found the old sword I…
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Go Back To Bed
In 1 Samuel 3:6-7, Samuel hears his name being called and keeps running to Eli. This week, I realized I've been doing the same thing with my old patterns. The…
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I Finally Answered....Here I Am
Reading 1 Samuel 3:4–5 gave me an understanding that everyone has trauma… even Samuel. This story showed me how to let things be exactly what they are in the…
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You Can't Love Enough to Heal
In 1 Samuel 3:4–5, Samuel said, “Here I am.” Why was Samuel able to answer so quickly when he heard his name called in the middle of the night? Because he felt…
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Samuel Just Went to Bed
In 1 Samuel 3:3, Samuel didn’t chase a spiritual experience. He just went to bed. Before Samuel recognized God’s voice, he was already being formed in the…
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I Can't Do It the old Way Anymore
I'm in a season where I can't do things the way I used to, and honestly, it's frustrating. In 1 Samuel 3:2, Eli's vision is dimming, and that hit me in a way I…
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I Don’t Need to Be Right...Just Aligned
A reflection on 1 Samuel 3:1 and what it means to stay aligned in a quiet season. Samuel was simply showing up and doing what was in front of him, without…
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When You Realize You Don’t Need Anything
Verse 36 talks about begging for something outside of yourself. For me, that showed up as control, needing acceptance, and trying to manage everything around…
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Control Is Begging to Come Back
I didn’t realize how much control had a hold on me… until I was put in a space where I couldn’t control anything. I’m still in 1 Samuel 2:36, and now I see it…
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God Showed Up and Showed Out… But I Still Want Control
I’m still in 1 Samuel 2:36… and now I understand why. God showed up and showed out in my life. At the very last moment, God provided a place for me to live and…
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What Used to Run Me Doesn’t Anymore
1 Samuel 2:36 shows what happens after everything changes. What once had power… doesn’t anymore. I’m sitting here just days before my lease ends with no clear…
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My Job Right Now Is to Wait (And I Hate It)
1 Samuel 2:35 talks about God raising up something faithful to replace what couldn’t continue. For me, that’s meant learning something I’ve avoided my whole…
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God Can’t Pack My Boxes
1 Samuel 2:35 talks about God raising up something faithful to replace what could no longer continue. For years my life was run by survival patterns—control…
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The Patterns That Saved Me Are Dying
Sometimes the patterns that helped us survive eventually have to be released. In this episode, I talk about the difficult part of healing: honoring the…
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Bob, the Donkey, and the Hardest Message Yet
Imagine riding your donkey to deliver a message from God… and realizing you have to tell a priest that both of his sons will die on the same day. In 1 Samuel…
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When God Asks You to Be Bob
In 1 Samuel 2:32–33, an unnamed man is sent by God to deliver a message to Eli. I’ve been calling him “Bob,” and the more I reflect on this story, the more I…
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Be Someone’s Bob Today
In 1 Samuel 2:32–33, an unnamed man delivers a message from God. I’ve been calling him Bob, and the more I sit with this story, the more I realize something…
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Bob, Get on the Donkey
Imagine you’re sitting at home with your clay cup, minding your business, and God says, “Hey… I need you to deliver some devastating news to the high priest.”…
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God Isn’t Destroying You — He’s Dismantling Survival Mode
What if “distress in my dwelling” isn’t punishment — but the unraveling of survival mode? In this episode, I share how 1 Samuel 2:32 became personal…
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Pieces of God at a Taco Shop
For days I’ve been talking about 1 Samuel 2:30–31 — honoring what we’ve been entrusted with and what happens when we don’t. This week something simple happened…
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When Strength Gets Cut Off
In 1 Samuel 2:30–31 God tells Eli, “Those who honor me, I will honor,” and then says He will cut off his strength. This week I’m talking about what that meant…
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When Honor Comes Full Circle
What does it really mean to honor God? In this episode, I share a story about someone who listened when I wouldn’t—and how obedience can come full circle years…
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Honoring What I Was Entrusted With
In 1 Samuel 2:30, God says, “Those who honor Me, I will honor.” This episode is about what that really means. Performance, authenticity, pivoting, and what…
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Chosen Is Identity, Not Performance
1 Samuel 2:28–29 has been staying with me. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to be chosen — and how easy it is to slowly begin honoring security…
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I Hit Send
Episode 37 I asked: Where are you still honoring the wrong thing just because it has a different name? This episode, I answer that question myself — through…
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Same Pattern, Different Name
“Did I not choose you?” “Why are you honoring the wrong thing?” 1 Samuel 2:28-29 Looking back at my career, I see clearly now — different names, same pattern…
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Did I Not Clearly Reveal Myself
This is a reflection on 1 Samuel 2:27 and what it means when God steps in – not in anger, but in love. This isn’t about punishment or correction. Its about…
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When God Made It Clear
In this reflective episode, I answer the question asked in episode 34. I share how my marriage, my patterns of service, and my need to be needed finally caught…
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The Moment, You Can’t Unsee It
Verse 27 didn’t show up in my life as one big moment. It came as a slow interruption. In this episode, I share how 1 Samuel 2:27 helped me see lifelong…
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Sometimes Growth is Containment
A personal reflection on 1 Samuel 2:26 and what quiet, contained growth looks like in real life – when nothing feels finished, but something real is forming.
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Growing Where No One Is Clapping
In this episode, I answer a question I asked in Episode 31—from the middle of my life, not the other side: Where am I growing, even if no one is clapping? This…
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The Quiet Work of Growing
In this episode, we move through 1 Samuel 2:26 as a lived exploration — living inside a season where nothing feels dramatic or resolved, yet something is still…
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The Work of Staying
A reflection on 1 Samuel 2:25 – about staying with discomfort, letting grief move through, and choosing not to reach for relief or explanation. Sometimes…
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Personal Reflection: When Healing Can’t Be Done for You
This is my personal response to the reflective question I asked in Episode 28. I’m answering it from the middle of the work — not from clarity, not from…
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When Awareness Is No longer enough
1 Samuel 2:25 marks a threshold where awareness is no longer enough. The pattern has been seen, named, and understood. What remains is responsibility. This…
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Reflecting on the Verse: When Truth Becomes Visible
A quiet return to 1 Samuel 2:24 This episode notices what emerges wen truth becomes visible – allowing the verse to be held without explanation, containment…
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Personal Reflection: Letting Reality Be What It Is
A personal response to the reflective question from Episode 25. This reflection explores what it means to stop containing reality and allow truth, discomfort…
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When Managing the Image Replaces the Work
In 1 Samuel 2:24, awareness and naming have already happened — but discomfort rises as the truth becomes visible. This verse reveals a subtle moment where…