The phrase Recovering Sectarian was coined by my predecessor at Fitzroy, Ken Newell, whose memoir Captured By A Vision is out this week. My friend Rhoda McClure took the idea and put it on a Norn Iron Tees shirt. Last week at Calvin College's Festival of Faith and Writing, Kelly Brown Douglas used the phrase Recovering Racist and I knew we were not alone...
Recovering
On the wagon
Always frightened of falling off.
It could happen at any time
A quick shift in the journey
A bump in the road
A sudden curve not seen
So...
Mind always alert
Eyes always focused
Heart always steeled
Soul always tuned.
Recovering
Never cured
Always susceptible
Too easily prone
To lose control
Damage self
And destroy all those around me.
Recovering
On the wagon
Always frightened of falling off.
Recovering Sectarian.
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