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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 , Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and
around the United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the
same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Massachusetts. Upon entering a church in
Boston, MA .. ..........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, 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 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? Why?"
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied :
"Son, you're in Boston, Massachusetts now, home of the Boston Red Sox, the
Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Boston College ! "
You're in God's Country, It's a local call.
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