Love this one...


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A man in
Kansas decided to
write a book about Churches around the country. He
started by flying to New York and started
working west 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 was, in fact, a direct line to heaven and
if he paid the price he could talk directly to
God.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on
his way. As he continued to visit churches in
Chicago , Dallas , St. Louis , 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 Washington State. Upon
entering a cathedral he saw the usual golden telephone
but THIS time, the sign read "Calls: .35 cents."

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the
pastor, but as it happened the bishop was available.
"Bishop Thomas, 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?

The priest, smiling
benignly, replied : "Son, you're in Washington now, home of Mount
Rainier, Puget Sound , the Olympic Peninsula, Starbucks, smoked salmon and the
most beautiful nature this side of heaven. You're in God's Country - It's a local call."