Hypothetical Wednesday: Coyote Ugly

You are on the pastoral search committee at your church, and after months of searching, the team lands on the perfect candidate. He is theologically sound, a dynamic speaker, and has a phenomenal record of growing churches wherever he’s been. The pastor in turn shows interest in coming to your church, so a month of trial sermons are arranged. But it is during these trial sermons that you notice a bizarre trend. Each week, the pastor mentions the film Coyote Ugly. Nothing big, just quick passing references that no one seems to notice. Everyone in the church agrees the pastor is perfect, and the next week the search team visits his office to offer the job.  But here you realize the pastor has several framed Coyote Ugly posters, along with props from the film, prominently displayed on his shelves. You glance out the window and see his car, the tag reads COYOTE. The head of the search committee is handing him the contract, do you speak up?

  • Caleb Land

    Obviously this is a strength. I mean, Coyote Ugly is a classic piece of American Cinema. Inspired by the work of Lars Von Trier and an excellent example of the Transcendental Style, this is a postmodern metaphor of achieving womanhood in the early millennium. While the cinematography was a bit shaky, this plot driven steamroller could only foreshadow what would be the masterpiece of director David McNally’s career three years later…Kangaroo Jack.  

  • http://www.chadgibbs.com Chad Gibbs

    Wait, are you the pastor?

  • Bjringo

    One would have to question him about this obsession with a movie, and a movie about chicks that dance on bars. Just sayin

  • Maury D. Gaston

    Not knowing anything about Coyote Ugly, I wouldn’t say anything.  And that would be too bad.  I need to know more about modern American culture.

    I do know that Chad Gibbs will be speaking at my company in a month and I’m really jazzed about that.

  • Caleb Land

    The license plate is COYOT3…someone already had COYOTE

  • http://bryanallain.com/ Bryanallain

    this made me laugh.

    and yes, I make a snide remark about COYOTE UGLY. If he gets defensive, I shoot him in the face. If he owns it, I hire him.