Oddly enough, and I may be admitting to a certain bit of vanity here, I have never seen all these pictures people take. I mean I assume these people post these things somewhere. I have googled everything from 'street preachers' to 'religious nut with sign' and have yet to see myself. What are the odds?
Now one step beyond the casual videographer is the person who insists not on simply taking a picture of me, but in taking a picture with me. Generally speaking they are scorners, and young. They rarely ask permission; they just simply throw an arm over my shoulder in the midst of the preaching while their buddy snaps a picture and giggles.. I've had them crouch in front of the sign with an alcoholic beverage upraised. I've had women expose themselves for the picture. I've had them throw 'devil signs' with their hands. I had one guy try to stick his tongue in my ear. It is all in a days work in public ministry.
Recently we were in Savannah preaching in a park, and due to a series of unfortunate events, the park was virtually empty. We had just a trickle of cross traffic and we had already saturated the area with tracts, so I simply stood there with my banner.
A man came along, more than a bit inebriated and asked me if he could take my picture. Before I could answer he threw an arm around me and grinned towards his equally inebriated buddy with the cell phone. Actually for some reason he had two buddies with two cameras taking two pictures. I stopped him. I said "No, you are not going to take a picture with me, I am going to take a picture with you." This seemed to throw him off his game a bit, but he agreed and so my teenage son pulled out his camera and joined the others. Three people photographing two people.
So here, submitted for your approval (finally) a picture of somebody taking a picture with me.
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