| A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket and jeans. St. Peter addresses the first guy: "Who are you so that I may know whether or not to admit you into Heaven"? "I'm Joe Cohen, taxi driver, of Noo Yawk City," he replies. Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and sayd to the taxi driver, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven." The taxi driver goes into the Heaven with his robe and staff. It's the minister's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, Pastor of St. 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 St. Peter. "While you preached, people slept; while he drove, people prayed." |
