https://wiserwalk.com/articles/ Short, practical reads on becoming more grateful, patient, humble and content, on forgiving someone who hurt you, and on what the Bible says about worry. en Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-pray-the-psalms/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-pray-the-psalms/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT St Athanasius wrote a letter in the 300s about how to pray the Psalms. Here is his advice, and how to use it today. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-was-the-reformation-about/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-was-the-reformation-about/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Indulgences lit the fire. Underneath were five questions, and five hundred years later churches still answer every one of them differently. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-be-content/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-be-content/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Paul says he learned contentment, which means it can be learned. Scripture is specific about what it rests on and what it costs. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-humble/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-humble/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scripture rarely tells anyone to feel humble; it tells them to take a seat, pick up a towel and keep quiet about a gift. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-patient/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-patient/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scripture means two things by patience — being slow to anger with people and being steady while you wait — and gives practice for both. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-forgive-someone-who-hurt-you/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-forgive-someone-who-hurt-you/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forgiveness in Scripture is a debt cancelled, not a feeling summoned, and it is a separate thing from trusting the person again. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-love-difficult-people/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-love-difficult-people/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scripture commands love for difficult people in verbs, not feelings, which means it can be done before it is felt. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-tame-your-tongue/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-tame-your-tongue/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT James says no one can tame the tongue, and then expects you to bridle it anyway. Both halves matter for what you do next. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-are-spiritual-gifts/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-are-spiritual-gifts/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The New Testament gives four lists of gifts, one stated purpose, and no method for finding yours. That tells you more than it seems to. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-the-bible-says-about-worry/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-the-bible-says-about-worry/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT “Do not worry” comes with reasons attached, and with something to do instead. A careful reading of four passages. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-grateful/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-grateful/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gratitude in Scripture is a practice before it is a feeling — which is good news, because practices can be learned. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-be-christlike/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-be-christlike/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Not a personality, not a mood, and not a set of manners — Scripture is unusually concrete about what the likeness consists of. https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-joyful/ https://wiserwalk.com/articles/how-to-become-more-joyful/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Biblical joy is not cheerfulness, and it is not the opposite of sorrow. Knowing the difference is most of the work.