The ten commandments are practices of liberation
The first commandment: You shall have no other gods besides me: Dethrone the modern deities of political, social, and corporate power
The second commandment: Do not make for yourself a sculpted image; do not bow to them, do not serve them: Accept no substitutes for God's power of liberation
The third commandment: Do not take the name of God in vain: Defend the goodness of God; Take responsibility for resistance and change
The fourth commandment: Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy: Squander one day every week
The fifth commandment: Honor your father and your mother: Stay accountable to where you came from
The sixth commandment: Do not kill: Renounce human and ecological violence
The seventh commandment: Do not commit adultery: Stay in for the long run, reject throwaway culture
The eigth commandment: Do not steal: Pay what stuff really costs in fair wages and the planet's resources
The ninth commandment: Do not testify against your neighbor as a lying witness: Speak and demand truth in every sphere
home, corporations, government
The tenth commandment: Do not covet: Practice your liberation
you have enough, you are enough
Conclusion: Kindness to the thousandth generation
Questions and exercises for groups and for private contemplation.