The Golden Phone

Written on December 20, 2007 at 10:36 am, by Eric Cressey

I got this email last night and thought you’d all (or at least everyone who doesn’t live in New York) would enjoy it:

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, Dallas, 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 Massachusetts. Upon entering a church in Boston, MA… 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? Why?”

The pastor, smiling benignly, replied :

“Son, you’re in Boston, Massachusetts now, home of the Boston Red Sox, the
Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Boston College! ”

You’re in God’s Country, It’s a local call.

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