A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book
about churches around the country. He started by flying
to San Francisco and started working east from there.
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs
and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the
vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read
“Calls: $10,000 a minute.”
Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and
the sign… The pastor answered that this golden phone is,
in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he
can talk directly to GOD. The man thanked the pastor and
continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in
Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver, Oklahoma City,
and around the United States, he found more phones, with
the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Wisconsin. Upon entering a church in Lacrosse, Wisconsin and behold - he saw the usual golden telephone.
But THIS time, the sign read
“Calls: 35cents.”
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the
country and in each church I have found this golden
telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and
that could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was
$10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call.
Why?
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied,
"Son, you’re in Wisconsin now…
You’re in God’s Country.
It’s a local call…
