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.
Would Becoming A Christian Change How A Hill Staffer Lives And Works?
NBC “Dateline” cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace was a Los Angeles police officer for eight years before he became a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and it changed how he saw the people he arrested and investigated and ultimately how he saw himself as well. It’s perhaps understandable that a law enforcement officer would…
Actor, Skeptic John Rhys-Davies: ‘We Owe Christianity The Greatest Debt Of Thanks That A Generation Could Have’
If you’ve seen the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy or the “Indiana Jones” series, you saw Hollywood actor John Rhys-Davies. He’s also starring in the forthcoming “I Am Patrick” about the Irish saint. Rhys-Davies is not a Christian, but he is not bashful about expressing his admiration of and appreciation for the role of Christianity…
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted To New Jobs On Capitol Hill This Week
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Kamara Jones has moved over to the Joint Economic Committee as Communications Director, working for Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), the bicameral panel’s vice-chairman. Kamara previously served as Communications Director for the Congressional Black Caucus and before that as Press Secretary for Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). She is a 2008…
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…
SCIENCE 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…
LIVING 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…
Seen 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…
WORKING 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…
Actor 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…
STAFF 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…