Faithful Voices Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs in Action Ed Schwartz $11.95 ISBN 978 1 888305 40 1 Quaker Press of FGC

Need a workshop idea, a way of building community, material for religious education? Faithful Voices can be the answer. Each person featured lived his or her deeply held beliefs, leaving a legacy in writing and deeds. Each script includes a brief biography and is followed queries. About half the subjects are well known Quakers including Margaret Fell and Rufus Jones.Also featured are people as diverse as Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Suitable for groups of any size and age from 12 on up or mixed ages, the material is read aloud twice so that everyone both speaks and listens.Thus, no preparation is needed! Brief though the readings and queries are, they may lead a group into worship sharing or conversation that has depth and breadth that all will find astonishing.

Ed Schwartz has had a long career as an educator, a therapist, a social activist and a writer. He has worked in �special� settings such as prisons and mental hospitals. He has been the director of a private school, and has used his own writings in both Quaker youth and adult education. His latest books�Shakespeare Poemscripts (2001) and Bringers of the Light (2003)�have been used both for art-drama projects and community-building. He is currently the coclerk of the Quaker Meeting in West Falmouth, Massachusetts.