Bruce Fisk (Ph.D., Duke), scholar-adventurer, mountain trekker, word lover, dog whisperer, amateur historian, occasional poet. Bruce taught Religious Studies for a quarter century and authored several books including, recently, Ascent to Jerusalem. He’s led university study-abroad programs in the Middle East and elsewhere, and with his wife, Alessandra, co-founded Curiously Global, Jerusalem Then & Now, and Curios. Some of his musings live here.