A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Just ahead of him is a guy dressed in jeans, a loud shirt, a leather jacket and he's wearing a pair of nerdy sunglasses. St. 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 am Joe Cohen, taxi driver, of Las Vegas."
St. Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the taxi driver, "Take this silken robe and this golden staff and enter the kingdom of heaven." The taxi driver goes off into heaven with his silken robe and his golden staff, and then it is the minister's turn.
The reverend stands erect and belts out, "I am Robert Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's for the last forty-five years."
St. Peter consults his list. He says to the minister, "Take this wooden staff and this cotton robe and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Just a minute!" says the minister. "The man just before me was a taxi driver, and he gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this be that I am treated worse than he is?"
"Up here we work by results," responds St. Peter. " While you preached, people slept; while he drove, people prayed."
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