{"id":27627,"date":"2014-12-17T10:39:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=27627"},"modified":"2014-12-17T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:39:20","slug":"a-students-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/12\/a-students-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"A Student’s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I recently learned that Cate Pickens, a\u00a0student at Butler University, has started up a new blog, and it includes a post about Cybertopia<\/a>, which is her\u00a0final paper from a course she took with me last year. You\u2019ll probably also appreciate her \u201cCollege Student\u2019s Prayer at Christmastime\u201d<\/a> which includes things like these:<\/p>\n

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Dear Lord;<\/p>\n

I am firstmost thankful for the brain in my head and the filter on my mouth, that I will neither offend nor traumatize the congregation at church and my 95 year-old grandmother. I pray that said filter remain firmly in place, Lord, as I am led into temptation to use Your Name in a variety of creative yet inappropriate ways throughout this Christmas season\u2026<\/p>\n

Speaking of German, I would ask, Lord, that You protect me from loss of memory and guide me to the correct conjugations when I am asked to speak in German, and grant me the peace of mind to smile and nod when I am told, for the 9165th time, that Spanish is more practical.<\/p>\n

As for my other academics, my prayer is that You grant me the serenity to accept the final semester grades I cannot change, the courage to tell my parents I failed COM101, and the wisdom to check \u201cNo\u201d on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act next semester.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click through<\/a> to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n

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