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A man from Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches in the United States. He starts with the very large Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and begins taking photographs, etc. He is about to leave when he suddenly spots a golden telephone on a wall with a sign that reads: "$10,000 a minute." Intrigued, he seeks out the priest and asks about the phone and the sign. The priest said, "Oh, this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and, if you want to use it, you can talk directly to God. "Thank you very much", says the man and continues on his way.
As he travels across the country, he finds the same phone and with the same sign in Clinton, Nebraska; in Milwaukee and Chicago, and at the Cathedral of St. John, the Divine in New York City. At each site, he makes the same inquiry and gets the same answer from the local priest.
Finally, he arrives in Oregon. Upon entering a local church in Bend, Lo and behold! -- he sees the usual golden telephone with a sign. But this time, the sign reads, "Calls 25 cents." By now fascinated, he seeks out the head priest and says, "Father, I have been in cities across the nation, and in many churches I found a golden telephone like that one on the wall over there. And in each city, I was told that it was a direct line to Heaven and that I could speak personally with God. But in all the other churches across the country, it was $10,000.00 a minute. Your sign reads: 25 cents a call. Why?"
The priest smiles, and says, "Simple, my son. You're in Oregon now, and it's a local call from here.
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