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Have You Heard About The Other ‘Miracle On Ice’ From The 1980 Winter Olympics?
It’s a stirring moment that invariably brings a smile and a tingle whenever we see the replay of those epic last 10 seconds of the USA Olympic Hockey Team’s victory over the Soviet Union, punctuated so perfectly by Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” Even for those who aren’t particularly enamored of Canada’s national…
Read MoreSCIENCE AND FAITH: This Pioneer Of Neurosurgery Concluded Mind Isn’t Mere Matter. Why It Matters To All Of Us
What if every time you have a thought about something, anything — what’s for lunch today, how should I react when the boss wants her District weekend schedule for next week tomorrow, why doesn’t Linda stop wearing her hair like that, how much do clouds weigh — you are providing evidence for God’s existence? Think…
Read MoreLIVING ON THE HILL: Data Shows Cohabitation Hurts The Kids, Encourages Inequalities
It’s become a commonplace on Capitol Hill and elsewhere that an unmarried man and a woman living together “can raise kids just as well as married couples.” But that’s not what social science data shows, according to Francie Broghammer of the Institute for Family Studies (IFS). Broghammer summarizes what the data shows thusly: “Cohabiting parents tend…
Read MoreSeen Around The Hill
Recognize where this photo was taken? That’s Rev. Fisher Yang of Northern Virginia on the right, and Mark Tapscott, HillFaith editor, on the left, pointing to the subject of John 3:16. John 3:16, incidentally, may be the most well-known verse of the New Testament: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only…
Read MoreWORKING ON CAPITOL HILL: Broad Coalition Of Advocacy Groups Urge Staff Pay Raises
A coalition of good government groups, think tanks and concerned individuals urged four key leaders in Congress in a March 4 letter to support increased pay for the 20,000 mostly young men and women who work for senators, representatives and committees. The letter was addressed to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Minority…
Read MoreActor Ben Afleck Found ‘The Way Back’ And It’s Not Just A Movie
Ben Afleck has seen and done it all on the silver screen. “Batman.” “The Accountant.” “Pearl Harbor.” “The Sum of All Fears.” “Armageddon.” And don’t forget “Good Will Hunting.” He’s also spent a lot of time on the front pages of the tabloids. Lots of women. Lots of booze. Lots of ups and downs and…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Being Promoted On Capitol Hill This Week
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Got a question about member services on the House Republican side? Natalie Joyce is who you need to see because she’s the new Deputy Chief of Staff for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Natalie has been with McCarthy since January 2011. She’s a 2008 BA graduate in communications…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Are You Breathing God’s Air While Denying He Even Exists?
“Imagine a person who comes in … and argues ‘no air exists’ but continues to breathe air while he argues. “Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe — they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to make moral judgements [which assumes absolute values] — but the atheistic view of…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy?
Maybe it’s not you or anybody you know working on Capitol Hill, but the data makes it clear that young people, especially college students and those who have graduated in recent years, are indeed, overall, more unhappy than previous generations. Why is this? We live in the most prosperous, most technologically advanced and best educated…
Read MoreThe Flaw That Isn’t In The Paley Argument That A Watch Requires A Watchmaker To Be Created
Watches don’t just magically appear out of nothing or assemble themselves without any outside assistance, therefore there must be a watchmaker doing what scientists and philosophers today call “intelligence design.” The preceding paragraph is a modern restatement of William Paley’s Watchmaker argument for the existence of God. Just as the watch requires a watchmaker, the…
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