Practicing for eternity

James Cathcart May 01, 2026 0 0

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Romans 13: 8-14 (NIV-UK)

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not covet,’ and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ 10 Love does no harm to a neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law.

11 And do this, understanding the present time: the hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

“The Church is not a museum of the past, but a school of the future.” Karl Barth.

Barth said The Church is not a Museum

Barth said The Church is not a museum,

so… there’s no gift shop?

Barth said The Church is not a museum,

so it’s not just a place full of old stuff?

Barth said The Church is not a museum,

so I don’t have to be quiet?

Barth said The Church is not a museum 

so it’s okay to touch things and move stuff around?

Barth said The Church is not a museum

so there’s no entry fee?

Barth said The Church is not a museum

so nobody is going to tell me where I can and can’t sit?

Barth said The Church is a not a museum  

so it’s not just preoccupied with the way things have aye been done?

Barth said The Church is not a museum,

so it’s not full of strange artefacts that have no bearing on my day to day life?

Barth said The Church is not a museum

so it’s not got hovering experts who can correct me on all the finer details?

Barth said The Church is not a museum

so there’s no good coffee?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so I’m expected to learn something?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so it’s actually preparing me for something?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so there’s, like, homework or…?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so the people here are, like unqualified, or…?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so this actually affects my day to day life?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so this is quite relevant then?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so am I going to get put in a study group or something, cause I just came in here to look at the architecture…

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so what am I learning then?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so does that mean I’ll make friends here?

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

so does that mean this is a place to grow and wonder and belong and learn to love others and myself and uncover who God is and love God too? 

Barth said The Church is a school of the future

and we’re sure there’s none of the good coffee?

Prayer:

Dear God,

Help us to see that we are not custodians of a vast collection

a vast archive, stewards and curators of heritage.

We are speakers of a language

that we must practice daily

and share with others.

Amen.