Facing up to the reality of relativism

Britain woke up the morning after the riots crying out for a return to morality. In reality of course what Britain was doing was waking up from a decade or two of relativism. I can't deny I'm encouraged by this- I've become increasingly critical of valueless selfish Britain. I have some nagging doubts mind you. How soon will we forget our good intentions, particularly when morality challenges? And will the Christians step up?
I have confidence the British church will step up to provide the social support, care and even lead. We are genuinely good at that stuff, particularly in youth work. Will we though step up with the message behind the morality. We're not so good at that. We've been so worn down by the past decade of relativism that we're out of practice, lacking confidence and perhaps even belief in sharing the gospel.
If though we try to provide values in a vacuum they lack not only context but also purpose and power. They are nice ideas but will only patch up our problems not solve them. Only Christ can do that. As we take up the challenge and opportunity of bringing healing and reconciliation to our society, we have an even bigger challenge and opportunity of bringing salvation and revival.