Remember? The sabbath?

First published July 16, 2010

There are, as “everyone” knows, ten commandments. Some of us even remember them, or some of them.

Don’t kill. Don’t commit adultery. Don’t steal.

They are pretty clear. We try to figure out the edges, of course (“I’m just borrowing it. I was planning to pay it back”) but we have a sense of what they mean and some stirrings of “That’s not right.” Taking what belongs to someone else, whether life, relationship, or stuff, isn’t fair somehow.

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