There's No Such Thing as "Safe-Sex" For the Heart
Several years ago I read the book Unprotected, by campus psychiatrist Miriam Grossman. Dr. Grossman bravely reveals the magnitude of the...
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Katie Hartfiel
Dec 8, 20163 min read
Guilt? Shame? What Does God Have To Say?
The devil has a way of making a sin look like no big deal when you are thinking of committing it, but too big of a deal for God to...
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Katie Hartfiel
Aug 26, 20163 min read
Talking to Friends About Chastity- Without Losing Them
I am often approached by young people who begin our conversation with the phrase, “So I have this friend…” Many people want to reach out...
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Katie Hartfiel
May 7, 20163 min read
Vocation Fixation- What Does God Want?
I once heard a religious sister’s vocation story where she described her discernment process as the feeling that God was holding her...
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Katie Hartfiel
Apr 26, 20162 min read
5 Modesty Hacks to Save Your Wardrobe
“To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, Saint Bernard plunged...
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Katie Hartfiel
Nov 30, 20153 min read
Advent- Season to Wait
In 1994, there was no choice but to wait. I remember how the world was rocked when a new technology began to shorten the distance between...
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Katie Hartfiel
Aug 21, 20154 min read
¿Cómo Usar la Biblia Para Rezar Por Tu Futuro/a (o Actual) Marido/Esposa?
Rezar por mi futuro marido fue una de las claves de mi decisión para permanecer pura en la adolescencia. Básicamente, años más tarde...
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Katie Hartfiel
Aug 20, 20154 min read
15 Verses To Pray for Your (Future or Present) Spouse
Praying for my future spouse was one of the keys to my decision to stay pure as a teen. Ultimately, years later we discovered that my...
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Katie Hartfiel
Jun 14, 20153 min read
If the Devil Can't Get You To Settle: He Has a Plan B
Jackie Francois-Angel’s wildly popular article, “The Devil Wants You to Settle in Your Relationship,” sets forth several gut-check...
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Katie Hartfiel
May 12, 20154 min read
Parenting In The Age of Porn
“You might say, my kid isn’t looking at porn, and that’s fine. But porn is looking for your child. What are you going to do to protect...
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Katie Hartfiel
Oct 9, 20143 min read
Dance Like Someone Is Watching
I’ll never forget a conversation from a few years ago with a teen who was in anguish about her first middle school dance. It wasn’t...
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Katie Hartfiel
Sep 11, 20144 min read
7 Steps to Fall in Love with Praying Scripture
“I’d like to pray with the Scriptures, but I don’t know where to start.” Sound familiar? In my own life, I tried a lot of things:...
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Katie Hartfiel
Aug 8, 20143 min read
Say Yes to Sex
In its proper context, God loves sex. He could have gone with the stork or the cabbage patch, as procreative means, but God had other...
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Katie Hartfiel
Jun 30, 20143 min read
Advice From The *Real* Love Experts (Part 2)
Conceal don’t feel. This is the mantra of the Snow Queen, Elsa, throughout every stage of life. That is, of course, until her climactic...
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Katie Hartfiel
Jun 28, 20143 min read
Advice From The *Real* Love Experts (Part 1)
Who doesn’t love Anna of Arendelle? It seems as if the epic tale of Frozen has captured an audience that ranges from age two to senior...
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Katie Hartfiel
May 6, 20143 min read
Chastity Before Marriage Fosters Chastity After Marriage
Chastity in marriage? Wait. What? Let’s back up and clear up some misconceptions about chastity… The word “chastity” isn’t synonymous...
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Katie Hartfiel
Apr 17, 20144 min read
Hope For The Broken
Is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? As a teenager whose heart was beaten and bruised through the pain of...
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Katie Hartfiel
Mar 7, 20144 min read
5 Ways To Tell If You're In Love
She is the last thing you think of before you fall asleep and your first thought in the morning… Your heart races when you see him in the...
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