A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about

churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and

worked 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 was, in fact, a direct line to heaven, and if he paid the price, he

could talk directly to GOD.

The man thanked the pastor and proceeded

on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Seattle , Dallas ,

St. Louis , Chicago , and other cities around the United States , he found

more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.



Finally, he arrived in "Up North" Minnesota . Upon entering a church

in Duluth behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS

time, the sign read, "Calls: 35 cents."

Fascinated, he asked

to talk to the pastor, "Reverend," he said, " I have been in cities all

across the country, and in each church I have found this golden

telephone, have been told it is a direct line to Heaven, and that I

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?"

I love this part

.............................

The pastor, smiling benignly, replied,

"Son, you're Up North in Minnesota ...... You're in God's Country. It's a

local call.

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