<p><strong>📖 Scripture:</strong></p><p>Numbers 11:4–17</p><p>1 Corinthians 11:20–22</p><p><strong>🎭 Featured Musical:</strong></p><p><strong>Merrily We Roll Along</strong> by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth</p><p><strong>🧵 Description:</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>Drawing from <em>Merrily We Roll Along</em>’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.</p><p>Through stories of failure and longing — in Moses, in Paul’s church, and in Sondheim’s doomed collaboration — we ask:</p><p>“What happens when yesterday is done, but the new world hasn’t arrived yet?”</p><p>And more importantly:</p><p>“What might the Spirit still make of us — even now?” </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://dustinwilsor.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">dustinwilsor.substack.com/subscribe</a>