A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.
Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans. Saint
Peter addresses this guy, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the
Kingdom of Heaven?"
The guy replies, "I'm Joe Cohen, taxi-driver, of Noo Yawk City."
Saint
Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the taxi-driver, "Take this silken robe and golden
staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
The taxi-driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff,
and it's the minister's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint
Mary's for the last forty-three years."
Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the minister,
"Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Just a minute," says
the minister. "That man was a taxi-driver and he gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this
be?"
"Up here, we work by results," says Saint Peter. "While you preached, people slept; while he
drove, people prayed."