Hello, I am sending this to two different lists with the hope that I will find one person with the address I need. The internet community is a wonderful resourse is this respect. Last Easter Sunday the senior minister at our church gave a wonderful and moving sermon titled _The Resurrection of Oskar Schindler_ and I would like to send Steven Spielberg a copy. Here is an excerpt from it: Dr. David Rankin, Senior Minister Fountain Street Chruch, Grand Rapids, Mi. .....Generally, our culture is geared for the opposite approach, as we expose the clay feet of prominent people, with a gleeful enthusiasm. We tear down politicians...rip-up ice skaters...disparage old generals....castigate fine doctors...condemn smart lawyers...and denounce rich rock stars -- taking a ghoulish satisfaction in destroying the high and mighty. Yet it is much more interesting, and infinitely more valuable, to analyze those with entirely clay bodies, but who have unusual streaks of kindness -- and that is the theme of a remarkable film. On one level, Schindler's List is a testament to the importance of memory.....In the same way, Schindler's List is an awakening of memory: of the atrocities committed; of the suffering endured; of the silence of the world -- of an event that must never be forgotten. Steven Spielberg is the creative spirit behind the film. As the director of Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Color Purple, and Jurassic Park, he received popular praise and box-office records. These were prima- rily films for children, extremely well-crafted and unanimously entertaining, but lacking the serious critical acclaim. On another level, the, Schindler's List is a profoundly personal offering from a sensitive genius. Acquiring the rights to the book, written by Thomas Keneally, Spielberg sat on the project for eleven years. Recently, He explained the delay by saying: "I didn't know how to make it in 1982. This is the first film I've made as a person, not as a film- maker. In '82, I wasn't ready. I made this movie from who I am when I'm not making movies-- if that makes any sense -- and because of that, it was the personal experience I ever had!" It is a statement indicative of some underlying guilt. It was a "healthy" guilt that pushed the successful director into an arena of enormous significance. ...... For the artist, it was a difficult minefield. Financially, how do you portray the horror of the Holocaust, and still draw a large audience? Politically, how do you portray a German hero, without dinimishing the courage of Jews? Psychologically, how do you portray complicated motives, without resorting to simplicity? While I have no credentials as a film critic. I believe Spielberg conquered the artistic dilemma. Every scene is a portrait with a delicate balance, with a genuine ring of truth. ....... On still another level, the, Schindler's List is about the triumph of the human spirit over sadism and indifference, but it is not the typical heroic plot. Why did Schindler turn against the Nazis to Sympathize with the despised minority? Why did Schindler risk his life to defend the Condemned prisoners? Why did Schindler spend a great fortune to barter for the Jewish employees? It is a moral mystery which Spielberg does not resolve, a wise choice, since there are no definitive answers. -------------------------------------- It is a wonderful sermon, and I would like to send the whole thing to Mr. Spielberg. Does anyone have an address I can send it to? Please excuse my spelling errors. Nancy -- Nancy Nietupski [log in to unmask]