The Rev. Jimmy Abbott

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Jimmy Abbott

  • 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

  • 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

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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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