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.
TESTIMONIES: History Professor Found Undeniable Evidence for the Resurrected Jesus Christ
(11:38) — University of North Carolina History Professor Molly Worthen grew up in a home in which religion and faith were all but absent, so she had little exposure to the explosion in recent decades of scholarly and apologetical evidence for Jesus’ literal resurrection. After completing her PhD in history at Yale University, Worthen settled…
MILESTONES: Christian Apologist Dr. Voddie Baucham’s Last Lecture
(55:08 VIEWING) — Dr. Voddie Baucham’s passing last week at the age of 56 due to a “sudden medical incident” was greatly overshadowed by the continuing public discussion of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, as well as the increasing violence in riotous protests against ICE in Chicago, Portland and elsewhere. Baucham was born to a single mother…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Sports Gambling Good or Bad?
(5:20 VIEWING) — Did you know there is a significant increase in domestic violence whenever a highly favored team loses an important game? Or that bad checks, maxed out credit cards and other indicators of risky financial decisions are significantly higher? Perhaps shockingly to some, the reality is this problem simply gets no coverage in…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Capitol Hill Staffers Say Jimmie Kimmel Isn’t Funny
(QUICK READ) — This may come as a shock for some, but when CNCT Capitol Pulse asked congressional staffers about late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel, almost three-quarters of them said the same thing: “Jimmy Kimmel is not funny.” So said 71 percent of the respondents overall, with that total breaking out as coming mainly, but…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM SANDRA NEGRON is now Legislative Director and Chief Counsel to Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). Previously, Sandra served as Labor Policy Counsel on the House Education and Workforce Committee under then-Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.). Sandra earned her law degree from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law…
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: What Are the Two Latin Words Atop the Washington Monument
(QUICK READ) — It’s the tallest stone structure in the country and reigns by law as the permanent highest building in the nation’s capital. It’s the Washington Monument and its towering shape is familiar as the enduring symbol of America’s founding President. At the top of the monument on the East-facing surface are two Latin…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: James Otis on God Made All Men ‘Naturally Free’
(QUICK READ) — James Otis, the Massachusetts lawyer, is not among the most well-known members of the American Founders, but he’s the one who coined the phrase “No Taxation Without Representation.” Otis was an ardent foe of tyranny and a passionate advocate of individual liberty for all men. He based his political views on his…
TESTIMONIES: Running Back William Green Led the NFL, but It Wasn’t Enough
(18:39 VIEWING) — It was electrifying when William Green bolted 64 yards to score the game-winning touchdown and put his team in the NFL playoffs for the first time in years. “And I remember walking in to the locker room and I sit there and I’m going to play in the playoffs, the money is…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: 90 Percent of Staffers Favor Firing for Bad Social Media Posts
(QUICK READ) — Recently, CNCT Capitol Pulse asked congressional aides this question and the responses that came back may shock some folks: “Should companies be able to fire employees regarding their posts on social media?” Fully 90 percent of the respondents affirmed that in their view, if an employee posts something objectionable on a social…