Pastor Mark Jeske
Pastor Mark Jeske brought the good news of Jesus Christ to viewers of Time of Grace for 18 years. He also served over 40 years as a pastor at St. Marcus Church, a thriving multicultural congregation in Milwaukee. He has authored several books and dozens of devotional books on various topics. Mark is now retired and lives with his wife, Carol, in Milwaukee.
Heroes of Christmas: Elizabeth
When God wants to do something big, he sends one person. When he wants to do something really big, he begins his preparations before…
Who, me? Touchy?
I sure can see the problems caused by other people’s hair-trigger tempers. One of the members of our church council went off on me…
Jesus: The Lord saves
Over the years I’ve wondered why God so often chose to communicate with people through dreams. For instance, it was in his sleep that…
Heroes of Christmas: Zechariah
When people say they were speechless after some shock, their silence probably didn’t last very long. In a minute or two they opened up…
Who, me? Proud?
The 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians is justly famous. It is a brilliant and poetic exposition of the meaning of true love, biblical love,…
Thankful for heaven
Call it the “light at the end of the tunnel” effect. Isn’t it amazing how much adversity we can stand if we can see…
Thankful for the Lord’s Supper
It’s pretty hard to be mad at people you’re eating with. There’s something about breaking bread with people that promotes intimacy, understanding, bonding, and…
Thankful for my Bible
You and I have access to God’s wonderful Word pretty much whenever we want it, in inexpensive printed editions as well as online on…
Thankful for my baptism
Some of you can remember your baptism as though it were yesterday because perhaps it was yesterday. For others it’s a faint memory of…
Everybody knows your name
Remember the theme song from the TV sitcom Cheers? Everybody feels a need to belong somewhere. That’s what made the Cheers tavern so much…
The glory of grandparenting
Grandparenting is great. (Full disclosure: I do not know that from personal experience. I base that assertion on the empirical evidence of the many…
Joy in hardship
This Thanksgiving it’s not going to be particularly hard to have thankful feelings in my heart. The year has brought plenty of challenges and…