Pastor Mark Jeske
Pastor Mark Jeske brought the good news of Jesus Christ to viewers of Time of Grace for 18 years. He is currently the senior pastor at St. Marcus Church, a thriving multicultural congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mark is the author of several books and dozens of devotional booklets on various topics. He and his wife, Carol, have four adult children.
My procrastination
I get a lot of laughs from “demotivation” posters—you know, the ones designed to look like inspirational office artwork but that instead have a…
Church jargon: Latin terms
If you want to study music, you have to learn some Italian. Can you say adagio, andante, allegro? If you want to be a…
What’s fellowship?
Every business has its own jargon, i.e., insider talk that makes total sense to the old guard and is confusing and embarrassing to the…
Love your congregation
I’ve become a total perfectionist when it comes to dining out. There are so many entertainment choices these days that if a restaurant disappoints…
Don’t ever say, “just a layperson”
No Christians want weak pastors at their congregations. Church members want a pastor who is a good speaker; a hard worker; a good manager;…
It’s great to be Jewish
Jewish people have suffered from anti-Semitism for thousands of years. Satan must have a bitter and permanent grudge against the nation that gave the…
You can learn to be content
Literature is full of stories that offer explanations of why things happen. Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet as star-crossed lovers, i.e., their deaths were…
Teachers from hell
The digital revolution has brought enormous good to our world, but like every technological advance, it’s brought bad things too. We can get news…
Love your country
It might be my imagination, but it sure seems to me that our country is getting more polarized every year. Politically, of course—election seasons…
Love your God
A million songs and a million poems and a million stories have been written about the meaning of love. You may have your own…
Who, me? Pessimistic?
A woman I know has the habit of giving people only one chance. If disappointed even once, she will drop the person from her…
The church is people
People can be forgiven for thinking of the church as real estate or buildings. After all, those are seemingly the most permanent features of…