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Lifeboat Conversations

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here On April 14, 1912 – 114 years ago today – the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight. Two hours and 40 minutes later, the “unsinkable” British luxury liner plunged more than two miles into the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean. Historians estimate that more than 3 million ships are lying somewhere… Read more »

Survivor

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The most tragic survivor of the sinking of Titanic was surely J. Bruce Ismay. The dapper, mustachioed managing director of the White Star Line often chose to travel on the maiden voyage of each of his company’s new ships.  He wouldn’t have missed Titanic’s first cruise for the world.  In retrospect,… Read more »