{"product_id":"9780819227621","title":"Marvelously Made","description":"• Strong-selling author\u003cbr\u003e• Continues her focus on spirituality, wellness, and the human body\u003cbr\u003e• Author is in high demand for retreats and lectures\u003cp\u003eEach chapter in Marvelously Made focuses on a vital part of the body (the heart, the lungs, the brain, the joints); relates an anecdote from the author's experience; provides reader-friendly (i.e., not overly technical) information about the wonders of the organ or body part, and offers a prayer and a set of \"gratitude practices\"-physical and spiritual meditation exercises to deepen the reader's appreciation of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003eThe heart works (as do all of our organs) every moment of our lives, whether we are aware of it or not. The heart is a muscle, an extraordinary muscle with exquisite timing, which, when disrupted, causes grave problems. Brian Doyle, a writer whose son's heart had congenital malformation, writes, \"It weighs eleven ounces. It feeds a vascular system that comprises sixty thousand miles of veins and arteries and capillaries. It beats a hundred thousand times a day. It shoves two thousand gallons of blood through the body everyday. It begins when a fetus is three weeks old and a cluster of cells begins to pulse with the cadence of that particular person, a music and a rhythm and a pace that will endure a whole lifetime. No one knows why the cluster of cells begins to pulse at that time or with that beat.\" (from The Wet Engine, by Brian Doyle).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Church Publishing, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016791212272,"sku":"9780819227621","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780819227621_p0.jpg?v=1763743509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819227621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}