A minister dies and goes to heaven. Before him is a loudmouth man with a loud shirt, chain pants, and a loud hat. Saint Peter asked the guy what he did for a living. He said, “I was the taxi cab driver of New York City.” St. Peter hands him a silk robe and a golden staff.
The minister gets up to St. Peter. St. Peter asked the man what he did for a living. He stood up very straight and spoke in a loud, clear voice, “I am John C. Maxwell, bishop of St. Mary’s Church.” St. Peter hands him a cotton robe and a regular staff.
“Why,” asked the bishop, “You let that taxi cab driver have a silk robe and golden staff but not me?” St. Peter said, “Up here we work by results.”
St. Peter said, “While you preached, people slept, while he drove, people prayed.”