The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • It’s Just Stuff

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 19, 2015 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 From 2003 to 2012, I moved every year. Some of the moves were small – from one dorm room to another over the summer. Some of the moves were medium sized – from one house in Waco to another house in… Read more

  • Tender Hearted

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 5, 2015 Mark  6:1-13 For the past two weeks, I have been in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. General Convention is the legislative body for our church, so priests, deacon, bishops, and lay people from all over the world… Read more

  • Saint Paul the Optometrist

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Third Sunday after Pentecost June 14, 2015 II Corinthians  5:6-17 I am as blind as a bat. Without my glasses on or my contact lenses, I really can’t see anything. No joke – I have to to hold something this close to my face in order to see it at all.… Read more

  • Making Room

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 5, 2015 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Disturb us, Lord, when We are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when With… Read more

  • Crisis…Resolved

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day May 17, 2015 Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Bishops and priests go to a special school called seminary. Technically, it’s graduate school, but seminary is very different from your normal graduate school. Like graduate school, seminarians are evaluated based on their academics. But… Read more

  • Good Shepherd

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott The Fourth Sunday of Easter April 26, 2015 John 10:11-18 Everybody buckle your seatbelt…the bishop is coming. This is almost as big as Easter. Almost. For clergy, it’s sort of intimidating to have the bishop visit, because you know, he’s our boss. And when you only see your boss once a… Read more

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The Rev. Jimmy Abbott serves as the twelfth rector of historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas.

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