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In this powerful episode, I interview Karen Cook, a Bible teacher and associate minister who shares her modern-day prodigal son story. After suffering mental illness in her late teens that left her believing she was damned, Karen walked away from God completely—choosing rebellion, a live-in boyfriend, and a lifestyle that broke her father's heart.

But God wasn't finished with her. When Karen flippantly prayed, "Well, God, I suppose if you wanted to get my attention, you could do it," He took her up on it. The very next day, her beloved 1972 Buick Skylark—the car she called her "metallic child"—was totaled in a seemingly impossible low-speed accident that left the other vehicle with only a dent. Karen knew immediately: God was getting her attention.

Yet the turning point came earlier, when Karen got stuck in mud on ...