I can take no credit for this joke. It was forwarded to me in an email and the source wasn’t noted… so I can’t tell you who came up with it first… (p.s., please do not take this as a sign that I would appreciate a bunch of joke forwards… Dude, I get hundreds of emails a day)… Anyway, a little Holy Week humor coming your way:

CHURCH TELEPHONE

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, “$10,000 per minute.” Seeking out the preacher, he asked about the phone and the sign.

The preacher answered that the 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 preacher and continued on his way.

As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more such phones, with the same sign, and the same explanation from each preacher.

Finally, the man arrived in the wonderful state of Texas. Upon entering a church, behold: he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: “Calls: 25 cents”!

Fascinated, the man asked to speak with the preacher. “Preacher, 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 use
it to talk to God. But in 20 other churches, the cost was
$10,000 per minute. Your sign says 25 cents per call–Why is that?

The preacher, smiling benignly, replied: “Son, you’re in Texas now, and it’s a local call.