Truth for a postmodern adolescent is most powerfully portrayed through someone who will be there for them - in relationship. Truth does not exist apart from the person of Christ - he died for us before we were willing to die for him. Modern people saw fear in the unknown while postmodern people see possibility in the unknown. Kids want a God-encounter. It must be big enough - something so significant that I am willing to give my life to or for it.
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.