The Rev. Mark Clevenger, founding rector of St. Margaret's Church, Lawrence, Kan., wasn't expecting much when he sent a FAX to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. George Carey. Fr. Clevenger and his wife, the Rev. Anne Clevenger, were planning to visit England in February, and wound up being invited to Lambeth Palace, home of the Anglican primate.

Fr. Clevenger received the invitation by phone the day after he sent the FAX.

"At first I thought it was just one of the typical goofy, spur-of-the-moment things I do that embarrass my wife," he said of the FAX, "but then I got the invitation and it suddenly got a bit scary. What about protocol? What about etiquette? I immediately started doing research just to know how to address the man."

Fr. Clevenger didn't need to worry. When they went to the palace, the Clevengers were welcomed and given a tour, but they were unable to meet the archbishop, who had been delayed in returning from a trip to India. They left a banner from St. Margaret's before resuming their tour of England.

"When we were preparing to leave, as I was signing the guest book, I turned back a few pages to see who else had visited the palace," he said. "One name caught my eye. It filled the entire page, one word, 'Diana'."

Then there's the story of the pastor in the Midwest who has recommended that any parish not satisfied with its pastor should write to six other churches that are also tired of their pastor. Then they should bundle up their pastor and send him or her to the church at the bottom of the list.

According to that minister, the parish should receive 1,643 clergy within a week and one of them ought to be perfect. But watch out. If you break the chain, you get your old pastor back.

Unfortunately, this one's true. A parish rector recently left his wife and children and moved several states away to join a woman whom he met on the Internet.

From an advertisement in The Covenant, newspaper for the Diocese of Milwaukee, promoting the theme of the diocesan youth convention: "God in a Bod: Who is Jesus?"

Recent license plates observed: AMEN 2, PEEC2U, TO HIM, MICAH, JOYFLL, and LV18 22. A Virginia reader spotted GOD KAN, and another in San Diego submitted GDPROVDS.

To Ms. K. In Sacramento: Yes, I was serious in my comment about the overhead projectors [TLC, Oct. 30].

DAVID KALVELAGE, editor