{"id":2736,"date":"2012-01-05T22:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2012-01-13T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T21:15:11","slug":"open-book-cutting-for-stone-abraham-verghese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/open-book-cutting-for-stone-abraham-verghese.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Book: Cutting for Stone -Abraham Verghese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/blogtalkradio_icon-e1318873780514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/blogtalkradio_icon-e1318873780514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>Does the\u00a0vocation you choose in life and the work that it brings you to do have any bearing on healing the woundedness in your life? 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