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
- Isaiah 55:1-9“for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways” Third Sunday in Lent C March 23, 2025
- Psalm 63:1-8“when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night” Third Sunday in Lent C March 23, 2025
- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13“our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea” Third Sunday in Lent C March 23, 2025
- Luke 13:1-9“how often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings” Third Sunday in Lent C March 23, 2025
- Luke 15:1-32“rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost” NL333 March 23, 2025
- Psalm 119:167-176“I have gone astray like a lost sheep” NL333 March 23, 2025
- Genesis 3:8-21“by the sweat of your face you shall eat bread” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025
- Psalm 96“then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025
- Romans 8:31-39“who will separate us from the love of Christ?” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025
- Mark 13:14-22“those in Judea must flee to the mountains” A Women’s Lectionary – Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 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.
