A couple of days later, when her phone rang, up popped the words \u201cChurch of the Incarnation\u201d\u009d on her caller ID.<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t imagine what it was about but took the call: it was Mr. Ousley nervously introducing himself on the other end.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you at church?\u201d\u009d she asked.<\/p>\n
When he told Ms. Fern that he was the rector, she said, she was aghast. He then asked if she went to church. \u201cI told him I don\u2019t really go to an organized church,\u201d\u009d said Ms. Fern, who was raised as an Episcopalian and considers herself religious, but not a churchgoer. Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A couple of days later, when her phone rang, up popped the words \u201cChurch of the Incarnation\u201d\u009d on her caller ID. She couldn\u2019t imagine what it was about but took the call: it was Mr. Ousley nervously introducing himself on…<\/span><\/p>\n