As you know, I don’t share all of your beliefs, and this message on dating is not one of the ones I do share… tho I think it seems well thought out (from the Speech Com perspective) and very well suited to you audience…

That being said… you KNOW the part I like about feedback is constructive criticism… so let’s get onto that…

In all of this… the one word you didn’t use nearly enough was LOVE. It is true (like the book says) that marriage takes more than love (particularly in the environmant and lifestyle the Rock and Stonebrook preaches), but love… is still the most important ingreedient in marriage.

Example: A quick search through your outline reveals 7 uses of the word love, one to “loving that song” and another to “loving feedback”… one is a witty refernce to V-day (somthing about love being in the air)… one is a bible quote… the last 3 are spread out over two sentances on pages 2 and 5…

If you are talking about “pro-unity” in the same grouping as “marriage” you need to talk about the importance of Love… those who don’t love eachother need to find another kind of unity… a different kind of partnership… in or out of the rock, this holds true, and I think you’d agree.

And, finally… the phraise “…I think dating is a bad idea…” and “…I’m not anti-dating…” should probably not be contained in the same message… the idea you were trying to get across is pretty clear… but still… my speech com TA would have torn that one apart :-P

Grade: A- (well Above average… but room for improvement)

I guess one question I would pose to you is “what is love?”

It is such a nebulous and misunderstood concept (much like dating…), that it is hard to use that word to define anything. In fact the title of my message was “Love” :)

This week I will be talking about Love itself, what does it mean? What does it look like? WHY is that a key ingredient in marriage? Indeed it is a key ingredient in ALL of our relationships

:-D