The 70 x 7 Forgiveness Challenge: From Bitter Victim to Blessed Forgiver

Forgiveness is a powerful tool for healing and peacemaking. Yet many Christians do not know what it is or how to live it. In the 70 x 7 Forgiveness Challenge, the reader explores and practices forgiveness with daily reflections, personal stories, scripture and prayer. This practical resource for individuals and small groups assists wounded Christians and congregations in finding healing and release from the pain and bitterness of the past. No longer victims, they are set free to love and live the abundant life Jesus longs to give to all.

Janet Hellner-Burris is the Senior Pastor of The Christian Church of Wilkinsburg, a small inter-racial congregation in the heart of an economically distressed urban neighborhood. As a Disciples of Christ minister for over 30 years, she has worked to bring healing to individuals, congregations and communities through workshops and retreat leading in forgiveness, peacemaking, racial reconciliation and contemplative prayer. Currently she is leading an ecumenical grass roots movement to end youth violence in her community. She is a wife and mother of two young adult children.