I don’t think I’ve ever shared this before.
This is something I’ve been keeping inside for years.
Why?
Because I’m probably the only one who does this.
What is this ridiculous confession I need to make?
At church, I constantly watch the sign language translator.
I can’t help myself.
It started out innocently. I wanted to know what a weird word like “hermeneutics” was in sign language.
So I peeked. Ahh, so that’s what it is. I would have never guessed that! And just like that, I was hooked.
Now, if I’m in a church that has a sign language interpreter, I don’t even see the pastor. If you asked me what he looks like at the end of the service, I would say, “Biped, couple of legs, pair of arms, maybe a mustache?”
Even worse, now I look for them when I am speaking. I love seeing how they sign out something like “Jesus Juke” or “Booty, God, Booty.”
Recently at a college, during one of my speeches, the sign language guy got so tired following me he had to tag someone else in to finish the speech.
I love sign language. I worked at a special needs camp in high school where we needed to know a little. So maybe it’s not a huge problem I have, just a little one.
But am I the only one who does this?
Have you ever stared at the sign language interpreter during church?
