12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (Like Me) It's the name of a book by John Fischer, whose website describes him as "an artist, thinker, communicator driven to create and personally deliver a message of deeper understanding of God, confirming those seeking a faith that intersects the real world." Can one "personally deliver" a message through a book? Hmmm.
Anyway, about the book. It's centered on the familiar 12-step recovery mantra. And as with all 12-step programs, Nos. 1 through 3 form the foundation.
1. We admit that our single most unmitigated pleasure is to judge other people.
2. Have come to believe that our means of obtaining greatness is to make everyone lower than ourselves in our own mind.
3. Realize that we detest mercy being given to those who, unlike us, haven't worked for it and don't deserve it.