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.
Something Completely Different: Whatever Happened to Bob Dylan?
Few voices from the tumultuous “Sixties” that defined the young lives of millions of Baby Boomers — more than a few of whom still work on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the nation’s capital — have survived with influence across the generations into the 21st century. Among those few, none stands out more than Bob…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Katie Everett is the new Press Assistant working for Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), moving over from Concerned Women for America where she was a Coordinator for the Young Women for America effort. Katie is a proud Texas Aggie, earning a BS in Communications and Media Studies from Texas A&M in 2020. Making…
Think About This: What Are We?
Keith Lowery is the author of a blog I’ve recently come to appreciate, entitled “Stuff I’m Thinking About.” I’ve never met Keith in person, but I feel like he and I could have an interesting conversation. He is a thinking guy with a thoughtful faith. He has a lot to say that is well worth…
What’s This, Thousands of Christians on the Streets of Seattle?
Notice how many young people are in this: https://youtu.be/FxFjvVr2gJg
HILLFAITH STUDIES: Jesus’ Fifth Great ‘I AM’ Claim – The Resurrection and the Life
Whoa! Now Jesus, with His claim to be “the Resurrection and the Life,” is getting down to the basic issue facing every human being who has ever or will ever be born — What happens after your body dies? Here’s the passage, John 11:25-26: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Which Bible Translation is the Best One?
Do a search on amazon.com for “Bible” and a bewildering number of translations and editions appeared, so many that it can be an all-but-impossible challenge for someone who is new to the world’s best-selling book ever to make a choice. And adding to the confusion is the fact that, while there are more, earlier copies…
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY MONDAY CLUB: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: What About Closed Minds on Both Sides?
You know the type, the individual who is so totally convinced that he is unimpeachably right about something that there is nothing you can say that would prompt him to reconsider his opinion about a controversy or position on a public policy issue, or any other question for that matter. The conventional wisdom in the…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Moving up from a Professional Staff Member slot on the Republican side of the HouseRules Committee to Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is Emily Banister. Emily is a 2019 graduate of the University of Central Florida with a BA in Public Administration. Ryan Kambich is the new Legislative Correspondent…
HILLFAITH STUDIES: Jesus’ Fourth Great ‘I Am’ Claim – The Good Shepherd
When Jesus repeats something about Himself in the Gospels, it’s an indication that we should pay particular attention to whatever He says. John 10:11 and 14 are a beautiful illustration of the loving way Jesus views His followers. Here’s the complete passage, which encompasses verses 11 to 15: “I am the good shepherd. The good…