The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • Ditch the Costume

    Sermon for All Saints’ Sunday November 3, 2013 Luke 6:20-31 Last Thursday, Halloween Day, on my day off, I went over to Academy sports to find a new tennis racquet. Among the fitness equipment, the golf clubs, the shoes, and the kayaks at Academy, I found something I did not expect to find. In the… Read more

  • Why are you here?

    Sermon for All Saints’ DayOffered to the San Jacinto Convocation of the Daughters of the King November 1, 2013 Luke 6:20-31 I want to thank the Daughters of the King for hosting this All Saints’ Day convocational communion here at Holy Comforter. And I want to thank them for inviting me to preach and celebrate on… Read more

  • The Sin of Smug

    The Sin of Smug

    Sermon for the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost October 27, 2013 Luke 18:9-14 My first car in high school was a 1978 pink Cadillac. Coupe D’ville. It had white leather bench seats, enormous fins, solid steel bumpers, and a hood ornament that stood about a foot off the hood. The eight track player still worked, but… Read more

  • Persistence

    Persistence

    Sermon for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost October 20, 2013 Luke 18:1-8  Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. Thank you, Jesus, this is exactly what I need. I don’t know about you, but it seems just about every day that I lose heart and… Read more

  • Did You Notice?

    Sermon for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost October 13, 2013 Luke 17:11-19   In 1999, two psychologists performed a wonderfully popular experiment. David Simons and Christopher Chabris wanted to demonstrate a topic known as selective attention. That is, how we humans can focus so intently on one thing, that we miss everything else. The experiment… Read more

  • Weeping, Pain, and Sadness

    Sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 6, 2013 Psalm 137 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept. So begin the haunting words of Psalm 137. The year was 586 B.C. And the people of Israel were weeping. Their city, Jerusalem, had been destroyed by the Babylonian empire. The people had… 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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