March 21, 2010

The minister and the taxi driver

Posted by Scott at 01:12 PM

At the pearly gates again, a taxi driver and minister are waiting in line. St. Peter consults his list and says to the taxi driver, “Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

St. Peter next greets the minister saying, “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 while I get a cotton robe and wooden staff. How can this be?!”

“Up here, we work by results,” says St. Peter. “While you preached, people slept; while he drove, people prayed.”

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