Articles by Jessica Harris
Jessica Harris is the founder of Beggar’s Daughter, a ministry dedicated to walking with women who have an addiction to pornography. Telling her own story of porn addiction and struggle with lust, Jessica seeks to help other women find hope, healing, and grace. Jessica enjoys traveling and speaking on the topic of female lust addiction and how churches can minister to women who struggle. She resides just outside of Washington DC where she works as a teacher and serves on the Biblical counseling team in her church. She is the author of Love Done Right: Devos—A Journey From Lust into the Love of God.
Sexual Sanity for Women (Book Review)
When I was asked to review Sexual Sanity for Women, I was far less than excited. As a woman who battled pornography addiction, I know the frustration of trying to find resources to help me.…
Do You Burn Out on Purity? 5 Critical Steps to Stay on Track
Have you ever met blitz and burnout? (No, they are not reindeer.) Every year, January 1 rolls around. It is the day of great dreams and aspirations. This year will be the year you lose…
3 Obstacles to Grace-Filled Community
In his interview for the documentary, Shamed, Daniel Weiss said something that has stuck with me: “The final obstacle to Christian community is the inability to be sinners together.” It is so true, and at…
Keeping Porn Off the Priority List
When’s the last time you stepped back to evaluate your priorities? I’m not referring to the projects you are completing at school or at work. I’m not referring to the New Year’s Resolutions that have…
Fighting Lust: The Myth of Gray Areas Online
It’s easy for us to draw big bold lines around things we know are wrong. We know pornography is wrong, but we have a hard time drawing the line at what “technically” is pornography. It’s…
5 Tips for Online Dating for Single Christians
There are pros and cons to online dating. Pro: There are great people online (I have found them, know them, and am one of them). Pro: For someone immersed in a career or ministry, online dating…
Cure For Porn Addiction: Don’t Move to Iceland
Perhaps you’ve heard the news. Iceland is gearing up to ban Internet pornography. It won’t only be a crime, it would be straight-up impossible to look at porn with government filters in place. Soon, your…
5 Lessons Purity Teaches Us
If you had asked me to define purity when I was still a teenager, I would have told you it was simply this: “Don’t have sex before you’re married.” As the years went on, that…
Protecting Kids From Porn
Keeping our kids safe on the internet is starting to, again, generate some buzz. Recently, Google changed its search sequencing (algorithm) so that if you type in a term that could result in some pornographic images, it…
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