The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • Good News/Bad News

    Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 7, 2014 Matthew 18:15-20 There is one sentence in the English language that truly frightens me. It happens all the time when I’m sitting in my office and someone comes in and says, “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.” And you know what comes… Read more

  • Profit & Loss

    Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 31, 2014 Matthew 16:21-28 In the spring of 2002, I took the SAT II in mathematics. I was a junior in high school, and I was looking for a way of getting out of college math. I passed the SAT II. I don’t know how, but I… Read more

  • Transformation

    Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 24, 2014 Romans 12:1-8 When my father first started working in the early 1970s, he got a job at a small oil company in southern California. He showed up every day at nine. Worked all day. And then he left at five. Sure, work had its stress but there was… Read more

  • The Rebel Side of Heaven

    Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 27, 2014 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 I went to seminary at Virginia Theological Seminary, just outside Washington, D.C. One Friday night, me and my buddies took the subway into D.C. to see one of our favorite musicians, Langhorne Slim. I don’t know how to describe Langhorne Slim –… Read more

  • The Meaning of Life

    Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 20, 2014 Genesis 28:10-19a Every Monday afternoon, I host a Meetup at a local Starbucks. Meetup is an online tool that gathers strangers who have similar interests. Our Meetup is designed for any and all people who want to discuss any and all things spiritual. And let me tell you,… Read more

  • A Sower Went Out to Sow

    Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 13, 2014 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Jesus said, “a sower went out to sow.” And as the sower sowed with wild, reckless abandon, some seed fell on the path, and the birds ate them up. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where, without much soil, the seed sprang up quickly and… 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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