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: Five Signs You’ve Become A Prodigal Son Or Daughter
Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son is among the most widely known in the New Testament, but it’s much more than a memorable ancient tale about a young man who abandons family and upbringing to live a life of self-centered pleasure before hitting bottom in a far-off land. This parable may very well be about…
EXODUS EXPLORED, PART 3: God Said ‘Go to Mt. Sinai,’ But Where Is It?
(5:20 VIEWING) — When God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, He told him to take them to Mt. Sinai, and that, according to the Book of Exodus in the Bible’s Old Testament, is precisely what he did. But if that’s what actually happened, shouldn’t there be physical and extra-scriptural evidence confirming…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Hill Staffers Think Trump a No-Go For Third Term
(QUICK READ) — Ask congressional aides if they think President Donald Trump is serious when he hints at seeking a third term in the Oval and most of the responses, 63 percent overall, will be in the negative, according to a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey. Republican junior policy aides showed the biggest doubt about…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM SHIL PATEL was with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) for eight years, but he’s now moving on from being the senator’s Chief of Staff to a new position off the Hill, serving as President of Ranger Global Advisers LLC. Shil is a 2016 Wharton MBA graduate and earned his…
YOUR DESIGNED BODY: The Miracle of Engineering Oxygen for Humans
(15:43 VIEWING) — If you are the average mature adult male, your body contains somewhere around 36 trillion individual cells, while the figure is approximately 28 trillion individual cells for an adult female human being. Your body requires energy and oxygen to function properly. To produce energy, every cell requires oxygen in order to produce…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: George Mason’s Last Will and Testament
(QUICK READ) — Virginia’s George Mason was not among the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but he was very much present in the proceedings and thinking that produced it, thanks to his Virginia Declaration of Rights. But Mason’s greatest contribution to the founding era of America was his insistence to James Madison,…
TESTIMONIES: Okie Atheist Partied to the Gates of Hell, Then Turned to Jesus
(12:50 VIEWING) — Dr. Donald Whitaker was a hard-drinking party animal in 1975 when he was invited to a big production on the West Coast by Hoyt Axton, the songwriter behind “Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher.” Whitaker was accustomed to rubbing elbows with famous folks, including Ringo Starr…
EXODUS EXPLORED (Part 2): The Israelites Leave Egypt and Conquer the Promised Land
(4:20 VIEWING) — Physical and written evidence is abundant that the Israelites actually did depart from 400 years of slavery in Egypt and, after a long stint in the Sinai wilderness, arrive in the Promised Land, which was then known as Canaan, between 14th and 12th centuries. In the following Part 2 (of 13) of…
HILL FAITH VIEWS: ‘Call Your Mother’ Wins Staffers’ Fave Bagel Shop
(QUICK READ) — It was close but Call Your Mother edged out Bethesda Bagel 31 percent to 28 percent to win the title of the favorite bagel shop for congressional aides, according to the results of the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse survey. HillFaithers are not surprised since we offer free breakfast from Call Your Mother…
HILL FAITH NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM RAY CONOWAY moves up to the Chief of Staff slot for Rep. Kwesi Mfume (D-Md.) after serving for a year and a half as District Director. Ray is a 2018 graduate of Bowie State University with a BS in Government and a 2022 MPA graduate of McDaniel College…