Spiritual Meltdown

It was just another day in 1979 for the thousands of Americans living in the suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Yet, that day would mark the worst commercial nuclear disaster in America, at the Three Miles Island power plant. The trouble began when coolant water was accidentally mixed with superheated steam, causing the plant’s turbine to stop operating. Pressure then began to build, sending radioactive water pouring into the containment building, instead of cooling the reactor. The emergency cooling switch for the reactor was turned on, only to be turned off again in the belief that the accident was very minor.…

Filed under: Devotional, Justin Boitnott on January 8th, 2007 | No Comments »

Notice: State of War…

On April 22, 1915, passengers boarding the HMS Lusitania were handed this message from the Imperial Germany Embassy in Washington, D.C.:

“NOTICE! Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; … that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that travelers sailing in the war zone on the ships of Great Britain or her allies do…

Filed under: Devotional, Justin Boitnott on April 16th, 2006 | No Comments »