Archive for January 2023
THE CHOSEN: An Interview With Peter’s Wife, Eden (As Portrayed by Lara Silva)
If you have been following the record-breaking series, “The Chosen,” about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you have likely seen the wonderfully spunky, patient, no-nonsense portrayal by Lara Silva of Eden, the wife of the Peter the Apostle. Peter is headstrong, somewhat given to impulsiveness and over-confidence, so I relate to him…
Read MoreSOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Do You Know What a Kustodia Is?
Probably not because it’s highly doubtful that any schools these days include study of the military discipline of the Roman Legion. There is a fascinating book about this topic, written years ago by George Currie and entitled “The Military Discipline of the Romans.” A guard unit of the Roman Legion was known as a Kustodia…
Read MoreIntelligent Design and the Martin Luther King Jr. You Never Knew
Martin Luther King Jr. is known around the world as among the greatest civil rights leaders in history, but here’s something most people working on Capitol Hill do not know about him: MLK was an advocate of Intelligent Design (ID). Contrary to the way in which it is typically portrayed in the Mainstream Media, ID…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Are These The Seven Best Evidences for Jesus’ Literal Resurrection?
There is no doubt that the single most important claim of Christianity — whether you are a follower, a skeptic or apathetic about it all — is that Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead three days after His death on the cross, thereby providing convincing proof of His claim to be God-made-flesh. According to…
Read MoreHow to Handle the Bore Somebody Sat You With at an Event
So you find yourself on an airplane or at a dinner that has pre-arranged seating and you are unlucky enough to be seated beside somebody who thinks exactly the opposite of the way you do on every conceivable issue. Not only that and to make matters even worse, this individual is highly opinionated, loud and…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Where Is God? Maybe Closer Than You Think
Asking “where is God” likely seems for many men and women working on Capitol Hill as, at best, an irrelevant question or, at worst, evidence of the questioner being trapped in the ignorance and superstitions of the past. Such is almost the conventional wisdom for many walking the halls of Longworth, Russell and other congressional…
Read MoreHere’s The Single Most Important Thing You Must Avoid as a Congressional Aide
No, this is not another one of the seemingly endless parade of books, articles, videos and podcasts dealing with topics like “how to succeed without really trying,” or “the seven healthiest habits of the seven happiest colleagues you know,” or “you deserve to be the boss.” This is about the tough reality of living and…
Read MoreLooking For a Hill Job? You Need to Know These Facts About Offices You Might Want to Avoid
With the opening of the 118th Congress, hundreds of staff vacancies are being filled on the personal staffs of individual senators and representatives, as well as on the committee staffs of the Senate and House of Representatives. If you are new to the Hill, you should know which offices have the highest staff turnover rates…
Read MoreMost Members of Congress Claim to be Christians, But Host of Other Faiths There, Too
Three hundred and three of the 434 Members sworn-in for the 118th Congress claim to be Protestants, while another 148 say they belong to Catholic parishes, meaning fully 87.5 percent of the House of Representatives identify as Christians, according to the Pew Research Center (PRC). In the latest edition of the PRC’s “Faith on the…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: A Whale of a Way to Start 2023
With less than a handful of exceptions, mammals are all land-bound creatures. The biggest of the few exceptions is the Humpback Whale. It meets all the qualifications for being a mammal, yet it spends its entire life in the ocean. The conventional evolutionary wisdom ascribes the origin of the Humpback Whale to a much smaller…
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