One day in Heaven, a minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.

Ahead of him is a guy who’s dressed in sunglasses, a colourful 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 Mugabo Khumalo, taxi-driver, from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.”

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 Paul’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.”