John sees a door open in heaven and describes the throne room. Pastor Adam opens on worship as a journey into what is actually the case, set against a moment…
John 12 at Bethany, six days before the Passover: Mary pours a pint of pure nard on Jesus' feet and wipes them with her hair.
Mark 14:3-9. A woman breaks a flask of pure nard over Jesus' head, is scolded for the waste, and is told she has done a beautiful thing.
Acts 5:17-21, preached into Advent — on transcendence as something a church can make room for but never manufacture, and on Jesus as no one's commodity.