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.
Saving money God’s way
As recently as the mid-1980s, Americans were saving money at a 10 percent rate. That is, for every $100 they grossed, they would save…
Leaders exhibit courage
Good leaders assess risks. And not just the risks to their organizations’ reputation and financial health, but the personal risks that come with being…
Really, Jesus? Carry my cross?
Wouldn’t you like to think that becoming a Christian and living the Christian life will make your life better? Doesn’t Scripture promise that God…
Revelation benediction #2: Blessed dead
In the circles in which I move, nobody much envies dead people. “Poor Benny,” they say. “He was sick for so long.” “Poor Louise….
Too much? Too little?
Everybody would like to strike it rich. From the gold fevers of the mid-1800s to today’s sophisticated investors like arbitrageurs of Wall Street, from…
Look in the windshield, not the rearview
Is a sharp memory good? Depends. It’s good when you remember names, birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and promises. It’s bad when you remember past slights,…
Chariots of fire
Gehazi, servant to the prophet Elisha, had no difficulty seeing his problems. Ben-Hadad II, the evil king of Aram, had sent an entire company…
Oh, grow up!
Don’t you hate it when your kids settle? Know what I mean . . . when they settle for Cs when they could get As…
Rise of the nones
I am of the Baby Boomer generation. We have much to be proud of, but much also of which to be ashamed. Our parents…
God plays a long game
Try as we might, we can’t see into the future. We can guess, plot probabilities, and make predictions, but our ideas could be totally…
You’ll make it
The incarnation of Jesus is the centerpiece of human history for many reasons. God taking on human flesh sends a powerful message of how…
When plans blow up
You weren’t planning to spend all day in an auto repair shop. You weren’t planning on a connector flight getting canceled and having to…