Fighting The Noonday Devil

Fragments culled from a life of spiritual adventure

A thoughtful, literate writer with a zest for physical and theological adventure, R. R. Reno here brings together seven diverse “fragments of life,” rendered in energetic prose. Through these literary stories, vignettes, and reflections Reno shows that the real-life manifestations of love and loyalty – far beyond any intellectual abstractions or theories – are what train us for true piety.

Reflects on time spent working in the oil fields of Wyoming
Recalls quests to the heights of Yosemite and the ice cliffs of the French Alps
Shares poignant reflections inspired by a daughter’s bat mitzvah