In 1860, a French explorer hacked through the Cambodian jungle and uncovered Angkor Wat.
A city larger than medieval London, built by god-kings and powered by advanced engineering.
Yet within a century, it was abandoned to the wild.
Here's the untold story:
For those concerned too much attention is on unreached peoples:
4% International Christian workers ➡️ Sent to UPGs—those needing “outside assistance to reach their own people”
1% International Christian workers ➡️ Sent to Frontier People Groups (UPG subset of 2 billion people)
“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder,” Chesterton.
The Christmas wonders may have lost their magic and glimmer for you, but Jesus is Wonderful. He is great, good, glorious enough to captivate the soul with wonder.
It's hard to shake off the idea the Son became incarnate to see what it felt like to be human, to expand his awareness of our perspective. But the incarnation is no reconnaissance, no fact-finding trip, no junket. It is not for him & his information, but for us & our salvation.
My sense is that there is at least a bit of a shift Western society has become desensitized by over-exposure to relentless trauma globally and we've turned our attention to various near concerns.
Regarding Kling's 7 Global Currents (Meeting of the Waters, 2010), do you sense a movement from the identified Mercy stream? The Mercy generation's heightened global exposure and awareness led to broad concern for justice and mercy (in and out of church).
Wondering if localism, nativism, nationalism in the past decade might be seen as responses to aspects of these global trends. We can't care about everything. Take care of our needs first.