haha, good question! Yes, I believe we do. Check out Psalm 127.
Bill Meeks | Homepage | 02.23.06 - 1:21 pm | #

Okay. Ps 127 is another good jumping off point. How do I know when my quiver is full?

I mean, is the mandate to have as many kids as possible? How many is too many? Too few? Ten? Two? 1.5? Does conservation of earth's resources in a modern world play any part?
John Mark | Homepage | 02.23.06 - 4:40 pm | #

I'm a little late on this, but my thought is that when we see children as a problem we have lost something of our humanity.
Roy | 02.26.06 - 4:08 pm | #

No one said children were a problem.
John Mark | Homepage | 02.28.06 - 3:04 pm | #

Not sure if this comment will ever get read way down here, but I would recomend a book called "open embrace." If you check it out on amazon you can even read a few chapters of it (then you can go to "google print" to read a little more)

The book's main theme is contraception, but it attempts to answer the questions you pose.

Good luck and good questions.

If you want some heavier reading, I would recomend some stuff by Dr. Janet Smith, a roman catholic, who goes into more. And of course John Paul II has some of the best stuff.
Bryan | Homepage | 03.03.06 - 6:01 pm | #

Thanks Bryan for the tips. I liked your site too.
John Mark | Homepage | 03.03.06 - 10:07 pm | #