Archive for August 2019
Here’s Three Reasons That The ‘War Between Science And Faith’ Is A Myth, Even On The Hill
So, you’re walking down a corridor in the Rayburn House Office Building one day thinking about how your boss wants an amendment to a draft bill that she really cares about when your thoughts are interrupted by a conversation you overhear between two people walking a little ahead of you. The duo appear also to…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: Time To Lay Off Gen Z
It is said that every older generation looks upon every younger generation and either recoils in horror, disgust or incredulity. Having heard it from members of the Greatest Generation, I confess that I sometimes must stop and remind myself that the same things I now say about “Millennials” were once said about me and my…
Read MoreWORKING ON THE HILL: Whose Morality Are You Imposing Today?
It’s one of the most commonly heard warnings whenever debates erupt in Congress or elsewhere in our public policy forums with even the remotest links to divisive social issues — “Don’t impose your morality on me!” But if you work in Congress, the reality is that you are in one way or another, to a…
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What About Josh Harris, Take II: The ‘Dreadfully Misguided’ Purity Culture Didn’t Steal Her Faith Ericka Andersen was one of thousands of teens who read “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” by Josh Harris in the 1990s. Now he’s left the faith, but Ericka hasn’t. Here’s why. Friday, August 2, 2019. THINK ABOUT THIS: Great Things Christianity…
Read MoreWhat About Josh Harris, Take II: The ‘Dreadfully Misguided’ Purity Culture Didn’t Steal Her Faith
Ericka Andersen is a very sharp digital expert, writer, speaker and an unusually insightful analyst of American cultural trends as they are shaped by religious experience and beliefs. She’s also a veteran of what she describes as “the dreadfully misguided marketing effort evangelical leaders in the 1990s created to dissuade teens from sex before marriage.”…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Great Things Christianity Actually Has Done For The World
There seem to be more than a few folks on the Hill and elsewhere in the public arena these days who apparently believe Christianity is not a positive good in terms of its influence on society, the law, economics and social justice. To which I must respond “Ah Grasshopper, you have so much yet to…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted!
Plus, should Hill workers enjoy whistleblower protections? Looking for a congressional job?
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