The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • 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

  • Joy

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott The Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2015 Luke 24:36b-48 Allow me to be reminiscent, but I’m thinking back to my days playing middle school football. Actually, it’s pretty funny to think about. A bunch of kids who can barely dress themselves in the morning or do their own homework are… Read more

  • So I Send You

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Second Sunday of Easter April 12, 2015 John 20:19-31 In the past two weeks, I have proofread eleven worship bulletins, written and preached five sermons, and welcomed over three hundred people for worship on Easter. Not to mention the emotional and personal aspect of Holy Week. Like you, I cried on… Read more

  • Deep, Down, Dark

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Easter Day April 5, 2015 John 20:1-18 Note: This sermon is heavily dependent on, and uses the title of Héctor Tobar’s book, “Deep, Down, Dark: The Untold Story of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free” (Macmillan, 2014). You remember the story well. On August… Read more

  • Death – A Maundy Thursday Sermon

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Maundy Thursday April 2, 2015 I Corinthians 11:23-26 After my first year of seminary, I spent the summer working as a chaplain at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. I don’t want to sound grotesque, but it was about as awful as you can imagine. I spent weeks with one child who… 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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