Parody
Parody A Note to My Readers I know what you’re thinking. You’re asking, “Dick—what’s it mean, this title of your book?” The Girded Towel—what gives? Let me explain. There’s a Biblical episode...
...News item...
...There’s a Biblical episode that has just meant an incredible lot to me in my life...
...A very powerful image, is it not...
...And he does...
...Here’s a guy who’s about to put everything on the line—to go the distance, if you will—and still this man makes the time to get down on all fours and fill that basin and pour the water over those feet...
...This book will give you a chance to step into another person’s shoes and walk around a little...
...And as he watches it course down over the taut tendons, between the outstretched toes, wetting the glistening toenails as they catch the light and washing over that little fleshy web between the toes, this man to himself is thinking: “I am going to dry these feet myself, with my own girded towel...
...That fellow was me, and in the end I was the one who got licked...
...Yes, it is a story of sacrifice...
...This is the kind of guy Jesus was, and while I don’t think I’m in his league vis-?-vis sacrifice and personal commitment, for two years I served at the feet of a great president and had to use my girded towel to wipe up a mess or two...
...You know the one I mean: Jesus is having dinner with his disciples, they’re kicking around some ideas, sharing various strategies...
...Then he poured water in a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded...
...Dick Morris West Redding, Connecticut November 5, 1996 Dick Morris will publish his memoirs in early November...
...I hope you enjoy that experience as much as I have...
...Whew...
...And suddenly, “Jesus rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel...
...In a very real sense The Girded Towel is the story of a foot soldier, a guy who went toe-to-toe with some very powerful enemies and thought he could lick ’em...
Vol. 2 • September 1996 • No. 1
