Youth are looking for a high - they want to be moved. But churches are afraid to offer a transcendent God. Truth that Suffers Truth must be costly in terms of reputation and time. In Lyttleton there was a hunger for Martyrdom - the story of Cassie Bernall's martyrdom went around the world by email before the media picked the story up. Suffering captures the imagination.
Postmodern youth know all about limits, about disillusionment and suffering.
Church growth experts say that we must get rid of the cross because it offends people - but it is crucial as it shows the length to which God went to reach us. It is all about love. Love worth dying for. We must say to kids that God is here, let's search together. We must invite youth into faith alongside of us.