Subject: Golden Telephone
A man decided to write a book about churches around
the country. He started by flying to Los Angeles 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 Salt Lake City, Austin,
Baton Rouge, Columbus, Tuscaloosa , and around the United
States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the
same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Gainesville, Florida. Upon
entering a Church in Gainesville, he saw the usual golden
telephone.
But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: $0.35 cents."
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor,
"Father Jones, 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 $0.35
cents a call. Why?"
The priest, smiling benignly, replied : "Son, you're in
Gainesville, Florida now, home of the Florida Gators - 3
times BCS Football Champions, 2 times Basketball
Champions; it's the city with the prettiest women, the
best parties, and the best state university -- it's got
the best hospital, great food, great neighborhoods and
some of the friendliest people in the world!
You're in God's Country.... it's a local call."
AMEN
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