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
- Genesis 28:10-19a“there was a stairway set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24“O Lord, you have searched me and known me” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19“you have filled your children with good hope” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Isaiah 44:6-8“I am the first, and I am the last” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Psalm 86:11-17“teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Romans 8:12-25“we wait for adoption, for redemption of our bodies” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43“an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat” Proper 11A July 19, 2026
- 1 Timothy 6:6-19“there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment” Narrative Lectionary July 19, 2026
- Luke 16:27-30“they have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them” Narrative Lectionary July 19, 2026
- 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 19, 2026
- 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 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.
