Infertility Finds Faith

What can the stories of the barren women in the Bible teach us about navigating infertility today?

In this episode, we talk with Hilary Brenner, author of Let the Barren Grow: Walking Through Infertility with Women of the Bible, about the biblical women whose stories offer wisdom, encouragement, and perspective for women experiencing infertility.

We'll explore what Scripture reveals about God's character through these women's journeys, how their experiences are still relatable to women navigating the emotional and spiritual challenges of infertility today, and what it looks like to trust God when our circumstances don't look the way we hoped.

Whether you're just beginning your infertility journey or have been walking this road for years, this conversation is an encouragement to keep growing in faith, even in the waiting.

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Infertility can be an incredibly lonely journey—but you don’t have to walk through it alone. In this episode of Infertility Finds Faith, we’re talking about what meaningful support can look like during infertility and the waiting seasons that come with it.

From your spouse and family to trusted friends, church communities, small groups, mentors, counselors, and pastors, we’ll explore the different people who can help carry the weight of infertility. We’ll also talk about why asking for help can be difficult, how to communicate what you actually need, and how Christians can support someone experiencing infertility in ways that are both practical and spiritually encouraging.

If you or someone you love is walking through infertility, this conversation is a reminder that you were never meant to carry it alone.

Infertility doesn't just affect your plans for the future—it impacts your marriage, too. In this episode, we discuss some of the unique challenges infertility brings to a relationship, including communication struggles, differing emotional responses, treatment decisions, and the temptation to drift apart during a long season of waiting. We'll explore practical ways couples can stay connected, support one another, and grow stronger together. Whether you're newly navigating infertility or have been on this journey for years, this conversation offers encouragement and wisdom for building a healthy, resilient marriage in the midst of the struggle.

In this episode, we take a closer look at NaPro Technology—an approach to infertility that works to uncover and treat the root causes rather than bypass them. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by options like IVF or unsure how your faith fits into fertility treatment decisions, this conversation offers a different path.

We’ll break down what NaPro is, how it works, and why it’s a restorative approach that aligns with a desire to honor the body God designed. Whether you’re just beginning your infertility journey or looking for alternative options, this episode will offer you clarity, direction, and hope in the waiting.

This episode highlights the heart behind Julie Fowler Ministries and the impactful work of Julie Fowler, who shares her own personal journey through infertility, miscarriage, and loss. She opens up about how these experiences shaped her faith and led her to create a ministry that offers hope to others walking a similar path. Drawing from her Bible studies Treasures in the Waiting and Navigating Infertility and Loss with Strength and Hope, the conversation explores how faith, Scripture, and community can sustain couples through grief.

Julie Fowler Ministries

Treasures in the Waiting Book

Navigating Infertility and Loss with Strength and Hope Book

In this episode, we unpack why fertility treatment is controversial, from questions about when life begins to the ethical concerns surrounding embryos, medical intervention, and God’s design for marriage and procreation. We examine why Bible-believing Christians often disagree, highlighting how Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions approach assisted reproductive technology differently. We also address the emotional connection many believers make between IVF and abortion, and why that comparison intensifies debate. Most importantly, we consider the cost of church silence—shame, confusion, and isolation—and cast a vision for how churches can respond with theological depth, pastoral wisdom, and Christlike compassion so that no believer has to navigate fertility decisions alone.

Genetic testing of embryos during IVF—called PGT—can be complicated and controversial, especially for Christians walking through infertility. In this episode, we talk honestly about what PGT is, why it’s often recommended, and the ethical and faith questions it brings up. Instead of quick answers, we slow down and make space to ask hard questions, seek wisdom, and think about how faith shapes medical choices with lifelong impact—whether you’re facing IVF decisions yourself or supporting someone who is.

Secondary infertility may be even more lonely than initial infertility. Because people often don’t understand it, it can feel like something you shouldn’t talk about at all. In this episode, we get honest about the misguided thoughts and feelings we once had about secondary infertility—and how everything changed when we walked through it ourselves. The pain of secondary infertility is real, but so are the ways God meets us in that pain and works through it.

What is it about infertility and the holidays? This season that’s supposed to feel joyful can suddenly feel heavy, lonely, or overwhelming. In this episode, we’re talking about why the holidays can be so difficult when you’re walking through infertility—and practical ways to make the challenges more bearable. Let’s explore how to keep living and keep showing up while you wait for your miracle baby.

How can Christians navigate the complex and often emotional decisions surrounding fertility treatments? How do we sort through competing voices to find Biblical truth that anchors our choices along the way? In this episode, Hilary and Jessica share their own journeys of seeking answers and discuss the resources that guided them through the process.

RESOURCES:

• What the Bible Says about Birth Control, Infertility, and Reproductive Technology, and Adoption by Wayne Grudem

• Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Dr. Megan Best

Welcome to Infertility Finds Faith! Hilary and Jessica are two friends who walked through infertility together, and now have a passion to walk through it with others. In this first episode, Hilary and Jessica share the details of their infertility journeys. Their stories span years of infertility, IVF, secondary infertility, miscarriage, infant loss, and recurrent pregnancy loss. Listen as they share about lessons learned along the journey and the peace of God that can be found in the midst of pain and uncertainty.