Golden Phone

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: $1,000,000 per 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 a person pays the price he/she 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 all around the
United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Indiana . Upon entering a
local church he was not surprised to see 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 many
churches 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 $1,000,000 a minute. Your sign says the cost is
only 35 cents per call. Why?
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you are in
Indiana now. You are in God's Country. It's a local
call..'
American by birth. A Hoosier by the Grace of God.

(from an email)