Take your coat off

Concord United Methodist Church, Oct. 24, 2021

Harold Copping, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mark 10:46–52 (CEB)

Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus’ son, was sitting beside the road. When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, show me mercy!” Many…