A man inTopeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches
around the country. He started by flying toSan 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 visit churches in New York, 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 Minden, Nevada. Upon entering a church
in this part of Douglas County, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone.
But THIS time, the sign read, "Calls: 25 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 25 cents a call.! Why?"

The pastor, smiling, replied, "Son, you're in Nevada
now. This is God's country...it's a local call."

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