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.
SUNDAY SONGS: ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ by Casting Crowns
(4:42 VIEWING) — You know how a certain song you hear will get in your mind and you can’t get it out? This version by Casting Crowns of “I Heard the Bells of Christmas” is like that for me. I can listen to it over and over, and then the melody just keeps going on…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Aides Reject Members’ Potty-Mouth Rhetoric
(QUICK READ) — Potty-mouth senators and representatives speaking on the floor of Congress, news conferences or public speeches are not a hit with the majority of congressional aides, according to the latest Capitol Pulse survey by CNCT. Fifty-six percent of the respondents told Capitol Pulse that cursing in such contexts is “inappropriate,” while 44 percent…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Christmas Just a Stolen Pagan Holiday?
(4:35 VIEWING) — If you’ve heard it once, you’ve probably heard, read or been taught dozens of times that the early Christian church “stole” Christmas from one of the many pagan festivals celebrated throughout the ancient world. As the Colson Center’s Shane Morris declares in the following “What Would You Say” video, don’t believe for…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM There is a new Chief of Staff in the office of Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) and her name is MCKAYLA MULHERN. Mckayla moves up from her previous duties as Senior Advisor to Kennedy. McKayla is a 2015 BA graduate in Political Science from the State University of New…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Justice Joseph Story on the God Question for Free America
(QUICK READ) — Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story was and remains to this day among the most influential of the many wise men by whose presence the early American decades were blessed following adoption of the Constitution in 1789. Story was a long-time ally of Chief Justice John Marshall and he hoped to succeed Marshall…
TESTIMONIES: Everything Changed for Heidi Barr When Her Horse Bucked and Fell
(9:03 VIEWING) — Heidi Barr didn’t believe in Jesus. No one in her Jewish family did, nor did they want to–especially not her father, who told her that Jesus Christ was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on humankind. So when Heidi was in a terrible horseback riding accident and died at age 16, Jesus was…
LOOKING FOR A HILL JOB: (Part 5) Working on the Hill is the World’s Best Job (Or at Least it Was For Me!)
By Bret Bernhardt More often than not, a great job seems to be defined as one that pays generously for something you love doing each and every day. On Capitol Hill, it’s not always that way. So why is it the greatest job I’ve ever had? Simply put, there are few jobs that compare to…
LOOKING FOR A HILL JOB: (Part 4) Nine Valuable Tips For Your Search
You’ve followed up on that job lead from your college friend who now works on the Hill, you’ve prepared a relevant resume, found a good recommender, and you just got invited to meet with the hiring manager. Now, how do you make the best of that interview? Here are nine tips: First, there are a…