I started this site as a resource to pastors and church leaders who might want more background on the words of Scripture. There’s so much Bible, it can be exhausting to go through commentaries, dictionaries and word lists. I’m hoping that by collating this work – and providing a few notes along the way – I can help reduce the stress of preparing to preach. This site will include word studies for the lectionary passages one week before they are due to be preached.
There’s so much Bible, and so little time…
But when there’s so little time, there’s So Much Bible!
On the creative side, I also write plays for use in worship, which are biblically grounded and full of humor. We’ve enjoyed presenting these in worship, with adults and children alike, and I’m happy to offer them for others to use.
Everything on this site is licensed through Creative Commons – which means that, as long as you attribute me (Rev. Elana Keppel Levy) and don’t sell my work, you’re welcome to use it in your context, and modify it as you like.
Lectionary Texts for Next Sunday
- Psalm 52“I am like a green olive tree in the house of God” Proper 11C July 20, 2025
- Genesis 18:1-10a“your wife Sarah shall have a son” Proper 11C July 20, 2025
- Psalm 15“who may dwell on your holy hill?” Proper 11C July 20, 2025
- Colossians 1:15-28“in him all things in heaven and on earth were created” Proper 11C July 20, 2025
- Luke 10:38-42“she had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to what he was saying” Proper 11C July 20, 2025
- Jeremiah 33:14-18 & 31:31-34“David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel” NL July 20, 2025
- John 17:1-8“Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me” NL July 20, 2025
- 1 Samuel 8:1, 4-18“he will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers” A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 11 July 20, 2025
- Psalm 72:1-4, 12-14, 18-19“may he judge your people with righteousness and your poor with justice” A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 11 July 20, 2025
- Acts 17:1-7“Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures” A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 11 July 20, 2025
- John 6:14-20“they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat” A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 11 July 20, 2025
Featured Play
Another Day Older and Deeper in Babylon: Stories from the Lives of Daniel and the Exiles
Daniel joins other exiles around the campfire to share tales of what it’s like in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace. As Daniel tells stories, the Hebrew people reenact them, doing send-ups of the tyrant who makes their lives miserable, holding onto the faith the holds them together. Based on Daniel 2-4.
