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.
THINK ABOUT THIS: Here’s The Sin That Is The Key Factor In Causing Racism, Other ‘Isms’
We don’t hear much on Capitol Hill these days about “sin.” It’s one of those words associated with another time, a different moral culture, the America of yesterday when religious terms were more prominent in public discourse. Today, the talk is about “racism,” “anti-semitism,” “age-ism” “nationalism” and related terms. But what if there is one…
At The Beach For Labor Day … Hope You Are, Too
Back Tuesday, September 3. Enjoy The End Of Summer 2019.
HILL STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted!
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Justin Weiss motors into the communications director slot for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.). Previously, Justin was a senior associate at the Rational 360 lobbying firm. He’s a 2014 Denison University graduate, earning a B.A. in french language and literature, and communications and sociology. Sara Garcia has saddled up as…
What Does It Mean To ‘Believe’ In ‘God?’ Well, That Depends On ….
“Do you believe in God?” is a question everybody is asked sooner or later and, as Stand To Reason’s Alan Shlemon notes, the answer is not always as simple as a “yes, I do, don’t you?” or “why no, why do you ask?” response. Schlemon observes that, if by “believe” they mean: Blind Faith, Wishful…
Can Millennials Really Be The Loneliest Generation Ever, Or Gen Zers The Least Spiritual?
Two new surveys highlight findings that, if accurate and durable, provide some potentially distressing insights about millions of Americans born after 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States. These findings should be of great interest in the nation’s capital because most of the people now working on Capitol Hill for…
Yes, Unlike Buddha Or Mohammed, Jesus Actually Did Claim To Be God
Mention the names of great religious leaders in history like “Mohammed” or “Buddha” in conversation at a Capitol Hill reception or over drinks at Bullfeathers and hardly anybody raises an eyebrow. Reactions are often quite different when “Jesus” is mentioned. Those reactions can range all the way from worshipful reverence or respectful nods to outright…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Lord, Liar Or Lunatic?
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ “That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said…
Life Is Simply Impossible Without This ‘Irreducibly Complex’ ATP Generator, So How Did It Get Here?
“Irreducible Complexity” (IR) is a term coined by Lehigh University biochemist and Intelligent Design advocate Michael J. Behe. The Department of Defense (DOD) organizational chart may seem irreducibly complex, as do congressional parliamentary procedures at times. But beginning with his 1996 book, “Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution,” Behe has been talking about…
STAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted!
Recent Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Jesus Espinoza is a Hill veteran, having previously worked for then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) as an intern and more recently as deputy press secretary for Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.) and press secretary for Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). Now he’s taking the reins as communications director for Rep….
WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL: Your August Recess Resolution – Finding Community on the Hill
By Bret Bernhardt You’ve just returned from a week or two out of the office. During that time you’ve been on a vacation, participating in a codel, or working in the state or district. Now you’re back in DC in your normal work routine with your familiar surroundings, including your staff colleagues and the people…