The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Fourth Sunday of Easter May 12, 2019 Revelation 7:9-17 The Temple in Jerusalem stood for centuries. The first Temple, the Temple of Solomon, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Its successor, the second Temple, the one Jesus would have known, paled in comparison to the first, but… Read more

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Third Sunday of Easter May 5, 2019 Revelation 5:11-14 I had only lived in Washington, D.C. for a few months at the time, so I wasn’t quite used to it. I was walking through Georgetown when suddenly, there was a cavalcade of sirens. Turning around, I saw a caravan of big,… Read more

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Easter Day April 21, 2019 John 20:1-18 On Monday, the Cathedral burned. I’ve never been to Paris, but I know about Notre Dame. Gothic cathedral. Rose window. Gargoyles. Quasimodo. But that day we saw an icon of history and history itself burning away. Against the backdrop of smoke and flames, all… Read more

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Palm Sunday April 14, 2019 Luke 22:14-Luke 23:56 The fault lines ran deep. Two men in power, both vested with incredible authority, were pitted against each other. They disagreed on everything, they came from different places. Divided by culture, by blood, by past wars, by religious differences, the fault lines ran… Read more

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Fifth Sunday in Lent April 7, 2019 John 12:1-9 High in the Himalayan mountains, sixteen thousand feet above sea level, there grows a little plant. This shrub, this root, grows to be about three feet tall and has a beautiful, pink, bell shaped flower. High up there in the clouds, one… Read more

The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Fourth Sunday in Lent March 31, 2019 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 For as long as there have been wars, there have been war stories. I was raised on those stories, sitting on my grandfather’s lap and hearing about his service in postwar Germany. Listening to my uncle and father talk about Vietnam.… Read more