The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • 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

  • Nine O’Clock in the Morning

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Palm Sunday March 31, 2015 Mark 14:1-15:47 “Then they brought Jesus to the placed called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). And there they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it. And they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots to… Read more

  • What You See Is What You Get

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott Fifth Sunday in Lent March 22, 2015 John 12:20-33 When you were in high school, I’m sure some of you took shop class. Am I right? You learned about T-Squares, table saws, woodworking, all that good stuff. Some of you were probably in home economics. Right? You learned how to make… Read more

  • Thanks for What?

    The Rev. Jimmy Abbott The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 15, 2015 Psalm 107:1 Thanks for What? Two weeks ago, I celebrated my thirtieth birthday. And I’ll tell you what. I feel older. I went to the eye doctor, and my vision had gotten just a little bit worse. I woke up the other morning,… Read more

  • Coming Up Short

    This sermon was preached on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the 115 Anniversary and Rededication of the Episcopal Student Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The text was Matthew 28:16-20 By way of introduction, I am Jimmy Abbott, the rector of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Spring, just outside of Houston. I also… 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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