I was sent an email a few days ago from a friend who knows that one day I wish to have children and they will inevitably be preacher's kids. So in preparation for that historic day I was given a copy of "Twelve Steps for Preacher's Kids." I'm not so sure I want to have children now...or maybe I need to become an accountant first.
1. We admitted we were powerless to choose our parents, so we made their lives unmanageable.
2. Came to Believe that The Force within ourselves (a Power under ourselves) could restore us to normalcy.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over the the care of God, as we understood God, and not as our parents understood God.
4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of loopholes in our parents' rules.
5. Admitted to God, ourselves, and to all other human beings within earshot the exact nature of our parents' wrongdoings.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all their defects of perfectionism.
7. Humbly asked God to remove our parents and bring us new ones.
8. Made a list of all children our parents scorned but we secretly envied, and then became willing to associate with them all.
9. Made direct contact with all such children wherever possible, especially those who needed our "ministry."
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were right we promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through Zen meditation to improve our conscious contact with Yoda, as we understood Yoda, praying only for knowledge of the Force within us, and the power to use The Force.
12. Having had a reality check as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other preacher's kids and to practice these principles in all our activities.
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