HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
Welcome to HillFaith:Good News for Hill Staffers! This is where you’ll find two types of content:
First, fact-driven, thoroughly researched and often highly personalized Christian apologetics. Second, news and analyses about working on the Hill, including things like who's being promoted, what are the best (and worst!) offices to work for, salary information, and much else.
Here at HillFaith, we appreciate the importance, the challenges and the complexities of the work you do we are passionate about being a positive, informative resource for those in the trenches.
Most importantly, we want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is alive and He is "the way, the truth and the life." He is also the key to living the abundant life. Not materially, but in the Truth that sets you forever free.
HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Right Here
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM BRITT VAN moves into the Legislative Director slot for Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI). Britt previously was Senior Policy Director for the National Housing Conference. She is a 2011 BA graduate in Sociology and Asian Studies from Colorado College. NADIA CORTEZ takes over as Legislative Director for Rep….
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Big Majority of Aides Say No to Prediction Markets
(QUICK READ) — There were some surprises in the responses received when Hill aides were asked by a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey whether congressional aides should be able to participate in prediction markets wherein participants gamble on the probability of specified outcomes. A substantial majority of respondents, 59 percent, said that is NOT something…
AMANDA REPORTS: New Barna Survey Confirms Growing Spiritual Interest Among Young
(654 WORDS) — Interest among young adults in Jesus Christ, Bible reading and church participation is measurably increasing, according to a new Barna Group national survey of ministers. Research conducted by the Fort Worth, Texas-based Barna Group indicates young adults are gaining interest not only in attending church, but also who Jesus is and why…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on Depending on God to Lead Us
(QUICK READ) — Samuel Adams is best-remembered as the organizer of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which was one of the most effectively staged political protests in modern history because it helped catalyze the “No Taxation Without Representation” issue in the American Revolution. Samuel Adams, who would later be elected Governor of Massachusetts, was…
TESTIMONIES: Why Quantum Physics Led Caleb Ball Back to Christ
(7:44 VIEWING) — It’s not often that you meet somebody who tells you he or she was led to faith in Jesus Christ through a book given to them by a friend on Quantum Physics and Near-Death Experiences, eternal consciousness, religion and the human soul. But that’s exactly what Caleb Ball relates in the following…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: When It Sounds So True But You Know It’s Not?
(5:34 VIEWING) — Hardly a day goes by for most people working on Capitol Hill without hearing somebody make a claim in the course of a normal conversation that sounds so convincing, so accurate. But you know it’s false. So what do you say in response without worrying about “winning the argument”? In the latest…
HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Here
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM ALETTE DUNLAP moves into her first full-time congressional staff position, serving as a Staff Assistant on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, working for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Prior to moving to the committee staff, Alette was an Intern in the Lee personal staff office. Alette received…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Dr. John West on the Founders and Equality
(QUICK READ) — Dr. John West’s “Endowed by Our Creator” aptly captures the essence of how and why virtually all of the Founders who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and supported ratification of the Constitution in 1787 were advocates of the equality of all men and women: “If all human beings ultimately derive from…
TESTIMONIES: Atheist Physicist Turned to Faith After Realizing His Need for Salvation
(9:32 VIEWING) — What happens when you come from a super smart family, you are well on your way to becoming a physicist and out of the blue your brother, who is your best friend, announces that he’s become a follower of Jesus Christ? According to AspiringChristian, that announcement set off a chain of events…