PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

The final illusions of control in the life of prayer There comes a stage in the spiritual life where surrender no longer looks heroic. The obvious rebellions have quieted. The loud negotiations with God have faded. One has learned the language of obedience, discernment, and trust. And yet, beneath all of this, something remains: a thin filament of control. A hidden need to shape the meaning of one’s life, to interpret the stripping, to preserve some intelligible sense of iden