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We are living in a time of earthquake, wind, and fire. Many of us are searching for the still, small voice of calm, a Living Center, where we can hear the voice of the Divine and find the strength to carry on.
What lessons can we learn from the work of those living through war and catastrophe in Palestine and Israel, as they speak truth to power in the cause of a just peace? How might their experience inform us as we seek a calm Center in the eye of the storm?
This lecture takes its inspiration from the last line of John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem, “The Brewing of Soma."
Max Carter is the retired William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College. A Vietnam-era conscientious objector, Max did alternative service teaching at the Ramallah Friends School in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and has maintained a close relationship with that area ever since. He and Jane co-lead annual service-learning trips to Palestine and Israel to acquaint participants with the situation and accompany the Palestinians and Israelis working for a just peace. Three of Max’s books—Palestine and Israel: A Personal Encounter, Palestine and Israel: Understanding Encounters, and Annice Carter’s Life of Quaker Service in Palestine and Kenya—deal with issues in that region.