A culture of duty?

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Thank you for the Nov. 6 issue, specifically the articles by Scott Key (Speaking Out) and Lisa Schirch. For a different voice, I read an article in “The Week” written by an Army veteran recently returned from the war in Iraq. He bemoans the absence of a “culture of duty” (duty assuming sacrifice) in American society. He was speaking from a military standpoint, but his words got me thinking. Do we as Anabaptist Mennonites still have any “culture of duty” in our discipleship?

Associated Issue: Enlisted- Nov. 6, 2007

Associated Article: Redeeming the power, redeeming ourselves

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