Sermon Resources:1. Death By Vending Machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_vending_machine#:~:text=Death%20by%20vending%20machine%20%2D%20Wikipedia,machines%20from%201978%20to%201995.2. “We have generally come to expect immediate returns on our investments of time and resources. If we have a need, we have only to find the right place, product, or procedure and our needs will be met. It is not surprising that we tend to become impatient with any process of development that requires of us more than a limited involvement of our time and energies…Often our spiritual quest becomes a search for the right technique, the proper method, the perfect program that can immediately deliver the desired results of spiritual maturity and wholeness. If we can only find the right trick, the right book or the right guru, go to the right retreat, instantly we will be transformed into a new person at a new level of spirituality and wholeness.” -M. Robert Mulholland, "Invitation To A Journey"3. “The truth about significant soul transformation is this: change is possible, but it is harder than we want and it takes longer than we expect.” -James Cofield and Richard Plass, "The Relational Soul: Moving From False Self to Deep Connection"4. “Our spiritual journey is not our setting out (by gathering information and applying it correctly) to find God (as an object “out there” to be grasped and controlled by us). It is a journey of learning to yield ourselves to God and discovering where God will take us.” -M. Robert Mulholland, "Invitation To A Journey"