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
- Acts 2:14a, 36-41“those who welcomed his message were baptized” Third Sunday of Easter A April 19, 2026
- Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19“I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my supplications” Third Sunday of Easter A April 19, 2026
- 1 Peter 1:17-23“you have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed” Third Sunday of Easter A April 19, 2026
- Luke 24:13-35“he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread” Third Sunday of Easter A April 19, 2026
- Acts 9:1-19a“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” NL441 April 19, 2026
- Matthew 6:24“you cannot serve God and wealth” NL441 April 19, 2026
- Acts 1:6-8“Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way” Third Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary April 19, 2026
- Deuteronomy 5:11-22“these words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2026
- Psalm 78:1-7“we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord” Third Sunday of Easter – A Women’s Lectionary April 19, 2026
- Matthew 22:23-33“in the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be?” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2026
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.
