Mark Gungor "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage" Waking up this morning , I have two things going off in my brain: Phil Wickham’s song, “The Battle Belongs to You” and a narrative about marriage. Years ago when a local church we weren’t attending offered a marriage seminar by Mark Gungor called “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage”. Years ago, Steve and I went to both the Friday night and the all day Saturday sessions – and it changed the trajectory of our marriage. I know,

11-15-25 This morning was an early morning, sprawled out but still under the warm covers, with Elton John’s song “I’m Still Standing” running through my head. Not the whole song, I’d never learned all the words, but the chorus and the part about being a true survivor and feeling like a little kid runs through my mind and I’m thanking God that He’s gotten me to this point – and is continuing to lead me, as I contemplate how to start today. “Standing” leads to the passage in Ep

11-14-25 This morning I woke up and started journaling, not sure where it would go today. 2 chapters into my continuation in Ezekiel (a book I know is important for me personally, but often didn't get through in my reading plans), trying to glean things I hadn’t seen before. I stopped to pray that I’m not just doing this mindlessly, checking off the boxes of, “read a couple chapters, check!”. A couple verses after I said that prayer, I got to verse 17 and read, “All hands wil

Welcome to "The Next Chapter"! It's been a while since I've written here - life has been busy, challenging and changing! But it's time to move on to "The Next Chapter" as retirement opens up opportunities to share my on-going journey of applying daily Divine downloads to what I'm going through, learning through, healing through and sharing with others with the intent and hope that it might help them too. My name is Tracy Medling. I’m a wife, a mother and grandmother, a sister