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.
Afraid to Share Your Faith In Jesus Christ on the Hill? Time to Check Out ‘For Hill Aides Only’
If you are like most Christians these days, the prospect of sharing your faith with a colleague at work on Capitol Hill can be absolutely intimidating. You love Jesus because He’s changed your life for the better in so many ways, but still …. Let’s face it, Capitol Hill is likely among the toughest workplaces…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Hill Men Back Incentives for Having Kids
More than half, 52 percent, of the men working as congressional aides who responded to the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse online survey responded positively when asked if they think the government should incentivize having babies. The idea appears to have broad support among Capitol Hill men as 76 percent of the Republican guys answered affirmatively…
GOOD ADVICE FOR WORKING ON THE HILL: Don’t Be An Idiot, Guys!
(ONE-MINUTE VIEWING) — This post is for you if you are a guy who works on Capitol Hill who is now married or planning/hoping to be married. Being on a congressional staff is a great place to meet marital prospects, but it’s also where the abundance of temptations — admit it, you know EXACTLY what…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is ‘Intelligent Design’ Actually Science?
Chemists and physicists conducting scientific experiments are “doing science” because their processes and results can be duplicated and verified by others performing the same steps in the same way. That’s what most people likely have in mind when “Scientific Method” is mentioned. But what about the archeologist who digs into the ancient past and discovers…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Job Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: STU SANDLER moves into the Chief of Staff slot working for Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Previously, Stu was a Partner at OnMessage, Inc. and before that Political Director at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). He is a 2002 graduate of the George Washington University Law School and…
GOOD QUESTION: Why Did God Put You on Capitol Hill?
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — If you work on the Hill, odds are good that you didn’t get here by accident. For whatever reason — your passion for political debate, your desire to help the country, your hope for fame and influence — you came here for a reason. But have you ever wondered why you have that…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Patrick Henry on His Deathbed
(QUICK READ) — Patrick Henry was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, nor was he a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but he is among the most well-known members of the Founding generation, thanks to two of his stirring speeches and his role in the adoption of the Bill…
TESTIMONIES: MLB Catcher James McCann Was a Miracle Baby, And So Much More!
James McCann has played catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets during a Major League Baseball career that has seen him hit an Inside-the-Park Dinger for his first home run, catch a perfect game, be named to the American League All-Star team, and much else. But there is a story behind…
MIRACLES BY DESIGN: The Awe-Inspiring Heavenly Fires of the Northern Lights Point to God
(7:39 VIDEO) — Once you’ve seen the Northern or Southern lights — aka the Aurora Borealis — you should ask yourself where all of the natural elements that come together to create this awesome display came from and why they came about. Scripture is clear that the natural world speaks brilliantly and accurately about God….
CONSIDER THIS: Hold on There! What If Life on This Earth is NOT Natural?
(25-MINUTE VIDEO) — If the headline above poses what seems at first glance to be a nonsense question, hold on because a careful look at the natural laws of physics in the material universe don’t seem to provide for any processes that would produce what we know as living, breathing, thinking life. In the following…