Letters of Love: Sermons and Reflections by Mark and Sandy Jerstad

Mark Jerstad s essence returns to us in written form through sermons preached at Augustana College. Topics of faith and fear range from What Happens After Death? to Forgiveness, from Thinking about Thinking to Roadblocks to Faith. Jerstad writes, There is a strain running through the whole biblical message that comes at us from our future and penetrates our now. This is what we call an eschatological promise, a promise that beyond this life there is something more We are people of promise. We live in the hope and the promise given to us by God himself through Jesus Christ, that beyond this life we will be ushered into a new kingdom Sandy has added real life reflections that anchor Mark s sermons. Her stories of the hilarity, joy, and adventure depict what living life with Mark was like. You will share with her a near-death experience, the perils of a solo 600 mile bike ride, her world of coaching, life in the South Dakota Senate, the death of her father and the difficult journey through Mark s dying and death. As Sandy writes, For 31 years I had the privilege of living with a man who never said never. His belief in aiming high and dreaming big dreams was something he lived and shared with us, his family. I can only imagine the dreaming he is doing now.