Archive for January 2020
Here’s What Football And Sunday’s Super Bowl Teaches Us About The Purpose Of Life
San Francisco’s 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs meet Sunday in the Super Bowl and millions of people around the world will be tuned in to watch what could be one of the most exciting such games ever. Nobody on the playing field, in the grandstands, listening on radio or watching the game on TV…
Read MoreIMPEACHMENT PRAYERS: Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black’s Wise Appeals To The Almighty
Every day of the Senate impeachment trial has been opened with a prayer offered by Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black. Each of Black’s prayers has included admonitions that are particularly applicable in the current tense atmosphere, as well as in the every day functioning of Congress and the nation. On the opening day, for example,…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who Is Being Promoted On The Hill!
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Katie Earle is the new professional staff member in the office of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican staff. Katie comes over to the House side following her tenure as a national security fellow for Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND). She is a 2019 MA graduate in security studies and…
Read MoreHave You Decided Your Life’s Core Convictions? You Will Go This Far But No Farther?
Being an aide or intern to a senator or representative in Congress is a lot like what it must have been for Daniel, the Old Testament prophet who at a young age found himself among a small group of conquered Judeans being groomed for the court of King Nebuchadnezzar. Part of the group’s three-year study…
Read MoreMYTHS & MISCHIEF: You’ve Heard About ‘Pay-To-Play;’ Now What About ‘Pay-To-Pray?’
“Pay-to-play” is a phrase one hears from time to time around Capitol Hill and it’s usually not as a preface to good news or a compliment. Now comes a study of whether and how much are people willing to pay for prayers. This is no joke. The study was conducted following Hurricane Florence in September…
Read MoreIf God Is Good, Why Does He Allow So Much Evil And Suffering In Our World?
It’s a fundamentally important question that every human being who ever lived has almost certainly asked at least once in their time here on the Earth. Often, it’s preceded by a closely related question – Why me? The answer isn’t necessarily easy and, as NBC “Dateline” cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace makes clear in the…
Read MoreLIVING ON THE HILL: Eating Meals Together Is An Important Gift To Your Spouse, Kids
It probably seems like a small thing, and working on Capitol Hill can be among the jobs that make doing it on a regular basis extraordinarily tough, but sitting down for meals with your spouse and kids may well be among the most important things you can do for them. That’s according to a huge…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: What’s The Purpose Of Your Life And How Can You Know That You Know It?
There really aren’t any more basic questions than this: What is the purpose of life and how do we know that we’ve devoted our lives to something or someone for the right reasons? There are as many potential answers as there are people. I spent a good part of my life working for Ronald Reagan,…
Read MoreHow Big Was Today’s March For Life?
Check out this amazing time-lapse video.
Read MoreMYTHS & MISCHIEF: Can You Trust The New Testament?
Even Bible critic Bart Ehrman doesn’t agree with himself
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