Joseph D. Kenner, President, HOPE South Florida At a recent Convene nonprofit leader peer group meeting, one of our members shared a devotion from Mark 14:3–9, a familiar passage that carried a renewed urgency. In the story, a woman breaks open an alabaster jar of costly perfume and pours it out on Jesus. Some saw waste. Jesus saw devoted, sacrificial worship, as this woman endured the scolding and indignation of the onlookers.