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.
HEY, YOU CAN’T DO THAT! 7 Things That Are Mission Impossible for Moral Relativists
So, you think all that stuff about absolute truth is a bunch of hokum, or maybe you view it as just a bunch of nice fairy tales made up by fearful people to explain what they didn’t understand. Or perhaps you are of the view that nothing is always true, everywhere and all the time,…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Should Christians Vote?
You may find this hard to believe but there are those in America who contend that Christians should keep their religious faith and the moral values that follow therefrom as far away from the public square as possible. (The same sort of folks also often proclaim with great intensity that it is absolutely appropriate their…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Aides in Both Parties Prefer Different Presidential Candidate
More than three-quarters, 77 percent, of all congressional aides from both political parties who responded to the latest CNCT Capitol Pulse survey said they would name a new presidential candidate if they got the opportunity. Among Democratic staffers, 88 percent said they would name somebody other than President Joe Biden, while 70 percent of the…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: MIKE FRANC is moving into the Policy Director job on the House Budget Committee, working for Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). A long-time Hill veteran, Mike comes to the budget panel from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity where he was Chief Research Director. Mike also served as Vice-President for Congressional Relations…
SUNDAY SONGS: ‘Precious Angel’ (and more) from the ‘Slow Train Coming’ Album by Bob Dylan
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BOB DYLAN?
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? The Church is Full of Hypocrites
Odds are you have heard this aphorism from somebody in your family, friends or colleagues at work when you’ve invited them to visit your church. Or, if you aren’t a church-goer, you’ve probably said it yourself – ‘I don’t go to church because it’s full of hypocrites.’ That’s always struck me as like saying “I…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Filibuster Gets Big Boost From Congressional Aides
Of all the procedural issues that occasionally take a prominent place in the American public policy debate, the most important is quite possibly the Senate filibuster. Folks on the Left tend to favor abolishing the filibuster as an obstacle to genuine democratic mandates, while those of the Right see the filibuster as one of the…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JESSICA LEE is settling in her first position on a congressional staff, as the new Communications Director for Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.). Previously, Jessica was Media Relations Manager for Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence. Jessica earned her Bachelor degree in Political Science and Strategic Communications from Butler University. Also taking on…
THINK ABOUT THIS: Would You Save Your Drowning Dog or a Drowning Stranger?
So you are sitting at the end of a pier on a lake and you see your dog struggling in the water. You love your dog and seeing him in distress alarms you. But then you also see a man you don’t know struggling in the water nearby. If you don’t act, both your dog…