Southern call
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, Denver, 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 Georgia\\; upon entering a church in Athens,Ga.,
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?'
I love this part.............................
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you're in the South now.
You're in God's Country, It's a local call.'
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