Here’s a symposium on dating, courtship and marriage from Touchstone magazine, with four short articles:

“That Could Be Arranged“ by S. M. Hutchens, where he considers courtship for his children.

“Not-So-Blind Date“ by Jocelyn Mathewes, where she sympathizes with Hutchens, but thinks it’s wrong to throw out more convetional “dating” altogether. 

“Three’s No Crowd“ by Kevin Offner, a college minister, who says it’s the local church’s responsibility to facilitate the crossing of the dating/courting/marriage chasm.

“Father Knows Maybe Not“ by James Hitchcock, who closes the symposium by saying that the Christian parent’s only real option is to raise up children of character who will then make up their own minds, because ”for parents to attempt actually to choose their children’s spouses is ultimately not defensible in Christian terms.”