The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • Turning from Assumptions

    The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 29, 2013 Luke 16:19-31  Boys like rocket ships and soccer balls. Girls like princesses and cute birds. Boys like the colors blue and greens. Girls like pink and purple. Boys like sports. Girls like baking. I walked through the aisles of Babies ‘R Us not long ago, and that… Read more

  • Making Friends

    The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 22, 2013 Luke 16:1-13 Math was never my strong suit. Clearly, that’s why I’m a priest. Most of the time, my ineptitude does not create any problems. We have a guy that does our taxes. Microsoft Excel works our home budget. So usually, this is no big deal. But… Read more

  • God Helps Those Whom God Helps

    Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 15, 2013 Luke 15:1-10  Last Monday was a day of great celebration in the church around the world. Last Monday was “International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day.” Don’t worry that you forgot this – because everybody did. So here’s the deal, since you forgot – do… Read more

  • A Commendation

    Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 8, 2013 Philemon 1-21 I do not get any thrills out of preaching after tragedies, yet I feel that I must. What happened in Spring High School on Wednesday morning is heart-wrenching. One student is dead, three are injured, and one is in jail. For the four… Read more

  • Everything Changes

    Everything Changes

    Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 1, 2013 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 I enjoyed a very peaceful evening last Sunday. After church I went home, mowed the lawn, and was enjoying a quiet book. And then I checked Facebook. And everything was blowing up about some girl named Miley Cyrus. Admittedly, I had no… Read more

  • No Excuses

    Sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 25, 2013 Jeremiah 1:4-10 The art of the excuse. There are excuses for everything: for not doing your homework, for not doing the dishes, for not going to work. This week I have done extensive Google searching on this topic, and I found some genius excuses. “I… 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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