Welcome to So Much Bible – Holy Week

Holy Week Resources

Palm/Passion Sunday

Holy Monday

Holy Tuesday

Holy Wednesday

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Dark Saturday

Easter Vigil

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

  • 1 Samuel 2:18-21, 26
    “may the Lord repay you with children by this woman for the loan that she made to the Lord” First Sunday after Christmas Day C December 29, 2024
  • Psalm 148
    “praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps” First Sunday after Christmas Day C December 29, 2024
  • Colossians 3:12-17
    “bear with one another, and if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other” First Sunday after Christmas Day C December 29, 2024
  • Luke 2:41-52
    “they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions” First Sunday after Christmas Day C December 29, 2024
  • Numbers 6:22-27
    “the Lord bless you and keep you” Holy Name of Jesus ABC January 1, 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.

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