Hendrik Hart

During the counter-culture years in the late 1960s an angry man bluntly accused me of turning my back on the church. That's how he interpreted my beard and long hair. I explained how all this hair might help me relate better to young people struggling with their faith. He became as gracious as he had been blunt. "Keep struggling," he shouted enthusiastically. He was a very conservative man with a sense of spirituality in context. Conflicts about tradition usually take…