tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63329270701310031392011-09-28T13:59:19.274-07:00Writing PortMy name is Brian Orme. I'm an editor, writer, and freelance journalist. Welcome to my writing portfolio.mjormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399621868266049478noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332927070131003139.post-89165781699208888872010-12-28T21:48:00.001-08:002010-12-28T21:48:32.492-08:00My Featured Articles<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I write as a freelance journalist for a number of sources. I was the church section editor for Relevant Magazine, the editor of Neue Quarterly and I've worked as a freelance columnist for the Dayton Daily News since 2005. I'm currently working with Outreach, Inc., as the General Editor of ChurchLeaders.com.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/147064-top-10-religion-news-stories-of-2010.html">Top 10 Religion News Stories of 2010</a>, ChurchLeaders.com</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mygazines.com/issue/8595/42">Leading When You Don't Feel Like It,</a> My interview with Hillsong United, Neue Magazine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/preaching-teaching/144784-exclusive-q-a-with-greg-laurie.html">Exclusive Q&A with Greg Laurie</a>, ChurchLeaders.com</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/familytimes/20070210-102852-5750r.htm" mce_href="http://washingtontimes.com/familytimes/20070210-102852-5750r.htm" target="_blank">Jay Bakker builds a ministry of acceptance.</a> Washington Times</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/ohio-churches-religion-faith/does-god-still-speak-to-us-today--1020309.html">Does God Still Speak to Us Today?</a> My Interview with Bill Hybels, Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/do-we-make-comebacks-too-hard--972261.html">Do We Make Comebacks Too Hard?</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/books/reviews/19027-the-church-of-facebook">The Church of Faceboo</a>k, Relevant Magazine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/features/19039-religious-radicalism">Radicalism,</a> Relevant Magazine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/ohio-churches-religion-faith/too-many-choices-then-nothing-at-all-188228.html">Too Many Choices, Then Nothing At All,</a> Dayton Daily</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/ohio-churches-religion-faith/the-shack-deals-with-struggling-through-loss-keeping-faith-200345.html">Interview with Paul Young, author of The Shack</a>, Dayton Daily</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.brianorme.com/crazy.pdf">Crazy Love</a>, Discussion Guide for Neue</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.brianorme.com/studyguide_jwtsc2_f08.pdf">Jesus Wants to Save Christians</a>, Study Guide for Neue</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com/social/2008/12/an_extra_thumb.php">An Extra Thumb</a>, Burnside Writers Collective</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.middletownjournal.com/search/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2008/04/11/ddn041208lifeadameve.html">Adam Meets Eve, on the Internet,</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.middletownjournal.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2008/04/25/ddn042608lifebrian.html">Philly Pastor votes for higher power in 08</a>, Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2008/01/11/ddn011208lifebrian.html">Tips on Finding a New Church</a><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2008/01/11/ddn011208lifebrian.html">,</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/12/28/ddn122907lifebrian.html">Top Religion News Stories of 2007</a>, Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/12/14/ddn121507lifebrian.html">The Year of Living Biblically</a>, (Interview with AJ Jacobs) Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/11/23/ddn112407lifebrian.html">Everything Must Change</a>, (Interview with Brian McClaren) Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/mission/features/1374-the-outside-jesus">The Outside Jesus</a>, Relevant Magazine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/11/09/ddn111007lifebrian.html">Keeping faith in the Big Brother House</a>, (Interview with Jameka Cameron) Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.journal-news.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/10/12/ddn101307lifebrian.html">Video Church Pairs Technology and Ministry</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/2007/09/21/ddn092207lifebrian.html">Pro-Potter Familyes Read in Good Faith</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/09/07/ddn090807lifebrian.html">Sodom's Greatest Sins Were Things We All Face</a> Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/aug/04/churches-should-get-a-cue-from-starbucks-author/">The Coffeehouse Gospel</a> Ventura County Star</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Dayton Daily News</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/06/29/ddn063007lifebrian.html?UrAuth=%60N_NUOaN%5DUbTTUWUXUVUZTYU_UWUcUbUZU%60U_UcTYWYWZV" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/06/29/ddn063007lifebrian.html?UrAuth=%60N_NUOaN]UbTTUWUXUVUZTYU_UWUcUbUZU%60U_UcTYWYWZV" target="_blank">TobyMac Ignites a Christian Party</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/06/15/ddn061607lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/06/15/ddn061607lifebrian.html" target="_blank">Connecting to God, Organically</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/05/11/ddn051207lifecambodia.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/05/11/ddn051207lifecambodia.html" target="_blank">Church carries out mission to love children in Cambodia</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/2007/04/27/ddn042907lifewriter1.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/2007/04/27/ddn042907lifewriter1.html" target="_blank">Read Like a Writer: An interview with Francine Prose</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/04/13/ddn041407lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/04/13/ddn041407lifebrian.html" target="_blank">Green evangelical raises red flag</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/2007/04/06/ddn040707lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/2007/04/06/ddn040707lifebrian.html" target="_blank">Homeschooling as growing ed option</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/02/16/ddn021707lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/02/16/ddn021707lifebrian.html" target="_blank">Lent can recharge your faith</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/01/05/ddn010607lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2007/01/05/ddn010607lifebrian.html" target="_blank">'Revolutionaries' find refuge in home churches.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/24/ddn112506lifegiants.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/24/ddn112506lifegiants.html" target="_blank">Small movie scores against secular competition.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/17/ddn111806lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/17/ddn111806lifebrian.html" target="_blank">How to stop hoarding and start changing the world.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/03/ddn110406lifebrian.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/11/03/ddn110406lifebrian.html" target="_blank">Book finds morals beyond red, blue.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/10/27/ddn102806lifehellhouse.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/10/27/ddn102806lifehellhouse.html" target="_blank">Church uses Graphic Scenes in Halloween Ministry</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/09/15/ddn091606lifegodcast.html" mce_href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2006/09/15/ddn091606lifegodcast.html">Godcsating is the latest way to spread the Word.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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