Comedian Garry Shandling once commented on the phenomenon of wake-up calls in hotels. He says: “Here’s a little tip from me to you as an experienced traveler: Wake-up calls--one of the worst ways to wake up. The phone rings; it’s loud; you can’t turn it down.” Then with impeccable timing Shandling adds, “I leave the number of the room next to me, and then it just rings kind of quiet, and you hear a guy yell, ‘What are you calling me for?’ Then you get up and take a shower. It’s great.” (1)

True story. A man had fallen away from his church. A friend of his decided to give him a call about a tennis match they were scheduling later that week. The friend called from the phone at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church where the friend was attending a meeting. His friend looked at his Caller I.D. and …