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.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? What Does ‘Separation of Church and State’ Really Mean?
If you work on Capitol Hill for any length of time, you have heard somebody, and maybe a lot of somebodies, say something along the lines of “the separation of church and state means people in churches should stay out of politics and government.” But did you know that in fact, that phrase — “separation…
HillFaith on the Hill
If you are into politics, public policy and campaigns, working on Capitol Hill for a senator, representative, committee or congressional agency is almost Heaven. The rewards are great, but the pressures and stress are as well. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, working on the Hill can be especially challenging. Every significant…
TESTIMONIES: Sex, Parties and Booze Are No Substitute for Genuine Happiness
Ever hear of a “slippery slope?” Andrew grew up in a good home and thought he “knew” Jesus Christ. So he didn’t worry about it when he dabbling in sex, booze and drugs. But it didn’t make him happy. Then he thought if he was a wealthy musician he would have complete happiness. But then…
CONSIDER THIS: Without Information, We Don’t Exist, But Where Does Information Come From?
Did you hear the one about the three monkeys who sat down at Harvard with MacBook Air laptops, began banging away on the keys in no particular sequence, and lo and behold!, the end result after a long time was an updated version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”? No, probably not, since no three monkeys anywhere, any…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Quantum Theory and Theology
If someone were to ask you “what is matter,” what would you say. If you are a normal person, you might well say something like, “well, it’s concrete, it’s reality,”it’s, you know, the stuff that we are.” But if you are a physicist and knowledgeable about Quantum Theory, your response is likely to be something…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JAMES MISMASH moves up from Military Legislative Assistant to National Security Adviser for Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.). Michael earned his BA in Government and History in 2021 from the University of Texas at Austin where he was also a journalist working for the Texas Orator and the Daily Texan. There is a…
FOUNDATIONS: Why Christians Support Traditional Marriage of One Man/One Woman
The following article is from the editors of The Stream and was originally published as an installment in a series known as “Foundations,” which examines the most important fundamental issues facing America from a traditional Christian perspective. It is reprinted here on HillFaith by permission. Evangelicals and Catholics have a reputation. We’re opposed to homosexuality, and gay…