It’s a statistic that should stop us cold: by 2030, nearly half of women between the ages of 25 and 44 are expected to be single and child-free. Not delayed. Not undecided. But living outside marriage and motherhood during what has historically been considered the prime years for building a family.

In the secular world, this trend is often framed as progress — freedom, independence, choice. But from a Christian perspective, it raises deeper and more uncomfortable questions. Not because single women are failures — far from it — but because this shift reflects something broken in the way modern society understands love, commitment, family, and purpose…