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.
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Moving On Up On Capitol Hill
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Kristine Lucius may have one of the toughest jobs on Capitol Hill these days – she’s now chief of staff for Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. That puts Lucius directing traffic at a very busy intersection! Her law degree is from…
Here’s What Beauty Tells Us About Ourselves And The Universe (Hint: This Is VIP)
What is “beauty?” Is it really just “in the eye of the beholder?” One happy, contented person’s beautiful blue sky is nothing more than another depressed, lonely individual’s empty, meaningless expanse of … whatever? This may seem like a trite question to begin with, but, if you think about it carefully, something extremely important is…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Studies Reveal Unexpected Profiles Of Hill Staff Pay, Demographics
When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi released the results of her July survey of Congressional Compensation and Diversity on September 26, it prompted Casey Burgat, senior fellow for the R Street Institute’s Governance Project, to run a comparison with data on HIll staff he uses in his analyses. Pelosi’s results were based on responses…
There Are Humongous Problems With Scientism (Note: Not Science, But ‘Scientism’)
Science proves it. I believe it. That settles it. Really?
Just In Case You Were In Siberia This Past Week, With No Internet …
Here’s what you missed on HillFaith: * Why did a Chicago atheist doing standup comedy become a Christian? * Ready for the insurmountable odds against you being here by chance? * Is America a “Christian nation?” Apologist Frank Turek’s answer will surprise you. * Here’s why agnosticism is self-defeating (And who wants to live that kind of life?). * Cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace explains…
SUNDAY THINK ABOUT THIS: The Insurmountable Odds Against You Being Here By Chance
“The first question smart gamblers ask is, ‘What are the odds?’ There’s good reason for it; playing the odds gives them the best chance at winning. “However, the odds for many things we see in our universe coming into existence without any intelligent input or intentionality are so mind-numbingly improbable it requires an irrational dose…
Is America A ‘Christian Nation?’
Earlier this year, Dr. Frank Turek, the founder of crossexamined.org, was asked by a young questioner if he thinks America is or was a “Christian nation.” This issue should be a familiar one to congressional aides, but how Turek responded is almost certainly unexpected for many on the Hill. In a word, Turek’s response was…
Why Two Witnesses With Differing Details Can Both Be Telling The Truth About An Event
Everybody knows that five different people who see a car wreck will provide five different explanations for what happened, right? That’s why nobody ever goes to jail based on the testimony of two or more witnesses, right? Wait a minute, people are convicted of crimes and go to jail every day based on testimony from…
WORKING ON THE HILL: Look Who’s Being Promoted
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Kate O’Connor is the new chief counsel for the Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on communications and technology. Kate has worked on the Hill for five years on the Senate side, but this is her first committee gig. She’s a 2014 public policy BA graduate from…
Looking For The Recipe For Your Office’s Culture? Just Add Salt
By Bret Bernhardt We talk a lot about influencing our culture in the macro, but what about closer to home? What’s the culture like in your office? Is it warm, friendly, selfless, welcoming, and open? Or is it coarse, backstabbing, self-serving, and overly ambitious? Now, what is your role in that culture? Do you strive…