Pete Seeger meets Shakespeare in Qoheleth

Ecclesiastes 3 has more to do with modern society than first meets the eye.

As You Like It (1936 film), act II, scene 7,
after "Seven Ages of Man" monolog

Shakespeare, Pete Seeger, and Martin Luther King, Jr., all drew on the timeless poetry that opens the third chapter of Ecclesiastes, the word of the teacher, Qoheleth.

My wife, Misty, and I had the privilege today to visit our friends at North Scituate (R.I.) Baptist Church (NSBC), which is led by our friends Pastor Kim Nelson and his wife Nancy. 

I spoke on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, "Written and Directed by God." I am grateful to Misty for pointing me to Shakespeare's As You Like It, act II, scene 7. Many years on, she is ever ready to put her university English degree to good work.

The service at NSBC is livestreamed weekly and archived on the church YouTube channel.