Chapter 67
“WHAT IS ‘STEALING?’” Reverend Davenport asked. “The Eighth Commandment tells us we should not steal. Sounds pretty simple and straightforward, doesn’t it? If someone breaks into your home and makes off with your possessions, that’s stealing. If someone mugs you on the street and takes your wallet, that’s stealing. Embezzling funds from your employer. Defrauding people out of their savings. Gaining access to someone’s bank account and cleaning it out. Stealing, stealing, stealing.
“But can you be robbed of something more important than money? Most certainly. You can be robbed of your good reputation through slanderous gossip. You could be robbed of your livelihood by the deceitful practices of others, those who would turn away your customers, or your audience, with bait-and-sw
