The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

📖 Scripture:Numbers 11:4–171 Corinthians 11:20–22🎭 Featured Musical:Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth🧵 Description:This musical sermon wrestles with nostalgia, resistance to change, and the cost of transformation — in the wilderness, at the communion table, and on the Broadway stage.Drawing from Merrily We Roll Along’s bittersweet backwards journey and the lectionary texts for a hungry and fragmented people, I explore what it means to lead together, to share what we have, and to believe in a future we cannot yet see.Through stories of failure and longing — in Moses, in Paul’s church, and in Sondheim’s doomed collaboration — we ask:“What happens when yesterday is done, but the new world hasn’t arrived yet?”And more importantly:“What might the Spirit still make of us — even now?” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dustinwilsor.substack.com/subscribe