Sunni & Shia - What's the Difference

My friend, the Rev. Frank Logue, of King of Peace Episcopal Church in Kingsland GA writes today of the great competing branches of Islam. It was good to get a brief refresher course as background for understanding the continuing civil war in Iraq and the other conflicts in the Middle East. From Frank's blog, follow the link to the NPR story on the Sunni-Shia split.

Giving 101%

My friend, the (down)Right Rev. Frank Logue at Irenic Thoughts, has a fun little coded tote board on his blog this Sabbath morning. Since I'm not reverend, I'll just steal it. I'll leave a little of his post unmolested so maybe you folks will visit his blog and see what's left. :-)

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

AND, look how far the love of God will take you

L- O- V- E O-F G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, but it's the Love of God that will put you over the top!