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When Dewey Said Numbers Have Meaning

It was a Wednesday night at the Weyrauchs’ house, nearly fifty years ago. Dewey Bertolini stood by the brick fireplace and said something that has stayed with me ever since: *“In the Bible, numbers have meaning.”* Half a century later, here is what I have come to see about the patterns of grace.