Going To Church! Poem by Randy McClave

Going to Church doesn't mean you're a Christian
Even when you sing hymns and to a sermon you listen,
Or when you hear of another person's sin
And for their salvation you always give an amen.
Even if at church you have your own parking space
And even if at church you enjoy saying grace,
If you always come to church wearing a suit and tie
And you never have a tear on your soul or in your eye.
Even if you go to church every Sunday
And with everyone you will sing and pray,
Even when you give your weekly tithes
And when you think to yourself no more lies.
Even if on the same pew for years you have sat
None of that makes you a Christian because of that,
So, please don't preach from a pedestal of birch
It just means, that you Go To Church.

Randy L. McClave