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 negativity
Here are some things that drive me crazy: people who are always criticizing other people, people who are always finding fault with every event,…
I don’t need a god
“I don’t need your god to be happy, and I don’t want your cult putting its rules on my life.” That angry shout is…
What are my gifts?
You may have noticed that God doesn’t whisk you safely up to heaven as soon as you are converted to faith. You’re still here!…
What is my purpose?
When the stagecoach brought you to Laramie or Cheyenne, that was the end of the line for you. The driver might have helped you…
Why did I land here?
Is there any meaning to the place of your birth, or is your arrival random and meaningless? People want answers to that aching question….
Balance sheets and resumes
How can you tell if people think of themselves as successful? Look at what’s on their resume: educational attainments, advanced degrees and certifications, positions…
God’s heart hurts when we suffer
It is one of the painful aspects of parenthood that sometimes we have to stand by and let our children struggle. We instinctively want…
Philosophy of dating
Single? Think of the top five criteria that you look for in someone you’d want to date. Where does the person’s Christian faith rank…
Light a candle for peace
We don’t need candles for illumination in our church, but any church with an altar looks barren without its candles. Some are mounted on…
Inarticulate Spirit-groans
Perhaps you know the story of Cyrano de Bergerac (modernized as the movie Roxanne with Steve Martin). Cyrano’s friend Christian was clumsy and full…
Magnificat: The humble will be lifted up
Billie Holiday’s most famous song was a bitter lament that people were stuck in their life destiny—“Them that’s got shall get; them that’s not…
Light a candle for love
Candles are not essential to our lives anymore, but they have some profoundly important symbolic uses. One is to provide an aura of romance….