Proverbs 2

Wonder: the Antidote to Distraction

My life was changed by someone asking, “how are you?” A new friend placed his hand on my shoulder, his eyes pierced into mine like a loving laser beam, and he said a second time, “how are you, really?” I’ve told this story hundreds of times. It’s central to my testimony. But I realized recently I’ve been telling the story wrong. You see, my life changed afterward — on the car ride home from that ordinary encounter in the hot summer of 2008. As I entered my car and turned on the A/C, my phone did not automatically connect. That...