Conversations That Matter

Struggling with Singleness and Infertility During Christmas


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Jon Harris offers encouragement to the growing number of singles – especially Gen-Z and Millennials approaching or past thirty – who dread the holidays because the spouse and children they long for are still nowhere in sight.


Drawing from his own years of singleness and prolonged infertility, Jon refuses to give cheap platitudes or toxic “just be content” advice. Instead, he validates the very real grief of empty chairs at Christmas dinner, silent second bedrooms, and Hallmark movies that now sting.


He reminds us that:

- It’s normal and right to mourn good gifts that haven’t come yet

- Church community and invitations help, but they don’t (and can’t) replace the family you don’t have

- Counting it all joy doesn’t mean pretending the trial isn’t hard—it means trusting the Father’s mysterious, loving providence even while you weep

- Jesus Himself knows singleness, rejection, and sorrow, and He entered this broken world at Christmas for the precise purpose of meeting you in yours.


You’re not forgotten, you’re not failing, and you’re not alone—God sees every tear, and the One born in Bethlehem is still Emmanuel, God with us, even in the ache.


“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.” (Job 13:15)


“In this world you will have tribulation—but take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)


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