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Tucker Teague<p>I think it's telling that so many in the West latched on to the concept of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ServantLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ServantLeadership</span></a> because in it they (rightly) saw a connection to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> and his example, yet the concept itself came to Robert Greenleaf from reading <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hesse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hesse</span></a>'s "Journey to the East." That book is rooted in Hesse's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EasternMysticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EasternMysticism</span></a>. Thus, it's "telling" in that, mostly without realizing it, many Christians embraced ideas inspired by Eastern mysticism thinking them <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a>. Of course, they're both.</p>