Pennsylvania
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 "$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the
pastor he asked about the phone. 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, Austin, Michigan,Chicago,
Milwaukee, and all around the United States, he found more phones, with
the same sign, and got the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he
arrived in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Upon entering a church in this farm
belt area of Pennsylvania, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But
THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 25 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk
to the pastor. I have been in churches 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 25 cents a call.
Why?"
The pastor, smiling, replied, "Son, you're in Pennsylvania now.
This is God's country...it's a local call