Sunday, September 25, 2016

Reflection on Moses's Leadership and Leadership in Open Source

Thank you for a colleague sharing his reflection about Moses's leadership and the transition. 
I observe that many good leaders or leaders that I appreciate do not want to lead, but was called to lead. Actually they don't have followers, but they facilitate others to follow the Great Leader.
I think Moses is that kind of "leader". I don't see Moses as a voluntary leader, he was kind of being forced to believe that he was the chosen one to bring the people out from Egypt and pass the Law to God's people. He didn't pass the leadership to Joshua, what he passed on is the instruction and example of an obedient followers of the instruction of God. 
Nowadays I fear that we have shifted the focus from God to the world and different idols in the church, Christian NGO, missions. Some of His people being either secularized by the world or scrutinized from the world. If I would choose some keywords or key term from Gods' people is not about leaders or leadership, but 'watchman', 'care overseer', 'servants', 'heirs', 'followers'(students/disciple/learner). In some chaotic context of chaotic the key words would be 'judge' and 'king'.
Open Source community do not have a very strong hierarchy structure, but at the same time we may have the conflict with extreme openness beyond the boundary of Biblical principle.
For an Open Source Christian community, what key words we would choose to describe ourselves, and how about the leadership?

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