Raised in a Christian family where I repeatedly read the New Testament, I often remembered that, in reply to a question of “How often should I forgive someone? Seven times?,
Jesus replied to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.”
That left me with the impression that a gift, whether of money or of forgiveness, would be enhanced by the number 7.
I moved from Greensboro in 1971 and like trying to imagine some details of this mysterious offering. I’d love to know…