Learning with Marcie Lenk is a unique experience. She invites strangers into the city and region she knows so well and skillfully guides them toward an understanding of the inescapable cultural, political, and religious tensions of that place. With wisdom and generosity, she enables them to become, not tourists or pilgrims, but discerning friends.   

Prof. Ellen F. Davis
Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology
Duke University Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina