Cherry Blossoms
Spent a good part of Sat/Sunday cruising the county
Hundreds and hundreds of acres of blossoms
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. He went to a very large church and began taking photographs,
etc. He spots a golden telephone on a wall and is intrigued with a sign
which reads "$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the pastor he asks about the
phone and the sign. The pastor answers that this golden phone is, in fact, a
direct line to Heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God.
He thanks the pastor and continues on his way.
As he continues to visit churches in Seattle, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he finds more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he arrives in Michigan.
Upon entering a church in Traverse City, Michigan
behold, he sees the usual golden telephone.
But THIS time, the sign reads "Calls: 25 cents." Fascinated, he requests 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 benignly, replies, "Son, you're in Michigan now, and
it's a local call."
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