Ten Steps on Freedom Road: Why the Commandments Are Good News

The purpose of this book is to help those engaged in Christian formation, or those exploring faith perspectives for themselves, to see the Ten Commandments in a positive and liberating, rather than a restrictive, sense. Seen in the context of Israel's story, the commandments are guidance toward a life of freedom in community. Commonly held meanings of faith, freedom, and love are challenged as social and political dimensions of this journey toward freedom are developed.

John Badertscher has been a Methodist minister, the circulation manager of the Chicago Journalism Review, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Winnipeg, and a member of the General Council of the United Church of Canada. In retirement, he is a volunteer at the drop-in center of the West Broadway Community Ministry, a husband to Lynn, and a father, stepfather, and grandfather.