{"product_id":"marvelously-made-gratefulness-and-the-body-9780819227621","title":"Marvelously Made: Gratefulness and the Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eEach chapter in \u003cem\u003eMarvelously Made\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e The 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Wet Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, by Brian Doyle). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morehouse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819227621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Mary C. Earle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38606655652021,"sku":"9780819227621","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_16b02ee8-ddaf-4a05-a6d2-bcc5ded5b2dd.jpg?v=1614085812","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marvelously-made-gratefulness-and-the-body-9780819227621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}