Educator and author Ed Van Buskirk returns to The Catholic Morning Show for the eighth installment of the Ten Commandments series, unpacking the Seventh Commandment — You Shall Not Steal. Ed challenges listeners to look beyond physical theft and examine how we steal intangibles like reputation, credit, and withheld kindness — and how covetousness at the root of stealing reflects a deeper disorder in our relationship with God and neighbor.
Ed Van Buskirk, founder of IfYouLoveMe.com, joins Deacon Mark Campbell for week eight of the Ten Commandments series with a rich exploration of the Seventh Commandment: You Shall Not Steal.
Ed opens by reframing the commandment entirely — rather than simply a rule against taking, it is an invitation into the greatness of generosity. When we look past what we shouldn't do and ask what we should do, this commandment calls us into joyful friendship and self-giving love.
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Ed draws a powerful connection between the Seventh Commandment and the two greatest commandments — love of God and love of neighbor — showing how every act of theft, large or small, is a failure of both.
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