A Student\u2019s Plea<\/p>\n
No, no, Father, please don\u2019t toss the mike
like a DJ when you preach. Please don\u2019t be cool.
Please don\u2019t ride a Harley motorbike
when you come to school.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t wear red cowboy boots for Pentecost,
and tell dumb jokes to be our pal. Please don\u2019t \u2018high five\u2019,
say, \u201cSweet!\u201d \u201cAwwsome!\u201d \u201cYou suck!\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re toast!\u201d
or teach us how to jive.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t sing along to the latest pop band;
you don\u2019t need to be hip and up to date,
or come to our parties with a drink in your hand,
trying to relate.<\/p>\n
Play it straight. Say the black and do the red.
Refrain from politics and rainbow pins.
Pray for all of us, the living and the dead,
and listen to our sins.<\/p>\n
We want you to keep the faith, you see,
but keep it as it was. We want it old.
We want it to be waiting there when we
come in from the cold.<\/p>\n
We want you to be our Father, not our mate.
We want a solid rock; so when we roam,
we know you\u2019ll be there, waiting at the gate,
to welcome us home.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Student\u2019s Plea No, no, Father, please don\u2019t toss the mikelike a DJ when you preach. Please don\u2019t be cool.Please don\u2019t ride a Harley motorbikewhen you come to school. Don\u2019t wear red cowboy boots for Pentecost,and tell dumb jokes to be our pal. Please don\u2019t \u2018high five\u2019,say, \u201cSweet!\u201d \u201cAwwsome!\u201d \u201cYou suck!\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re toast!\u201dor teach us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n