Sermons
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Sermon from the Trinity Schools' Staff service. more»
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The more perceptive of the students and staff who are returning may have noticed a small change that I made today to the words of the school prayer that we have just said together. Today we asked for more»
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I don't know how many times I can recall my mother saying, “Stand up straight! Hold your shoulders back!” For her, posture was a mirror of the soul. People learnt about you by looking at your posture. Nowadays we call it body language. more»
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When I was young there was a singer called Bing Crosby who performed a song about “faraway places with strange sounding names.” Places that kept calling to the singer. more»
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It takes guts, it takes courage, to try to look the world in the face. Taking notice of the world is a courageous, moral act. more»
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Being gentle is to be considerate, kindly in disposition, tender and patient. more»
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Our community of faith has suffered loss. For some that loss is deeply personal. Aidan Konise died in Auckland last week. He was Head Boy here in 2005. His funeral will be held here in this chapel on Thursday afternoon. As is our tradition we have lit a candle in remembrance of him. more»
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This reading from Acts follows on from the reading Mr Kersten gave at the Trinity service about the beginning of the Christian church. It all sounds blissful. Living in harmony, sharing possessions, more»
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Except a grain of wheat is buried and is dead to the world there cannot be new life. As we approach the last days before Easter these words of Jesus are a signal of his impending fate, more»
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Welcome to this service this morning. We welcome those with questions, those with doubts, those with certainty of belief or unbelief. We welcome all from the diversity and comlexity that is Rathkeale more»
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Above all let us make the most of this time together today to recommit ourselves to the special character of the schools so that it may enrich the lives of those in the Trinity communities. May we also feel challenged as to how each us can uphold the special character in all its richness this year. more»
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want...I have everything I need. I am alive. I am at this school. I have parents who love me. I have friends. I have all I need to sustain life. I will not more»
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My apologies to Mr McBride and the members of his department, but one of the significant learning experiences of my Secondary School education was the realization that Ray Coats and Mathematics were more»
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Throughout our lives we make and lose friends. The circumstances of loss are often beyond our control but at other times they come about because of our discovery of the real nature of that more»
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The lectionary reading from the Old Testament tells one of the stories of Moses, a man on the run because of committing an act of manslaughter. Having fled to a wilderness area called Horeb, one day more»
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A remarkable story. One that stretches our credulity. To talk about feeding five thousand people with a few loaves and fishes. And have plenty left over. We could concentrate on the miraculous more»
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There is a final prayer that we use in our Night Prayer service every Wednesday. It has become a favourite prayer for many of us. It talks of night and includes these words.'It is night after a long more»
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There is a legend, a story, told by St Francis of Assisi . You may know him as the patron saint of animals. He lived in the 13th century. The town of Gubbio was being terrorized by a wolf who more»
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Have you been to the Weber Bros Circus? Everyone played more than role. It was very effective. When observed working the sideshows and ice cream stalls they were just like you and me.But when more»
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My wife and I like to travel and like many people we have stood on ancient walls. Walls like the Great Wall of China . Walls designed to keep people out or to protect those inside. When the black more»
