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.
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: JON ADAME is the new Chief of Staff for Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), capping a nearly seven-year span from his first position working as her Policy Coordinator on the House Energy and Commerce Committee in 2017. Since that slot beginning, Jon has served as Blackburn’s Legislative Counsel in the House of Representatives,…
CONSIDER THIS: Are We Merely Blobs of Matter Or Do We Also Have Non-Material Minds and Souls?
At the most basic level, the fundamental point of disagreement that separates thoughtful people of faith from knowledgeable atheists and agnostics is whether human beings are merely collections of physical materials or that plus non-material minds and souls. There is a superb new book out by Joshua Farris entitled “The Creation of Self: A Case…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Are Humans and Chimpanzees Basically the Same? Or Is That Zombie Science?
You’ve probably heard at one time or another the claim that we human beings share 98-99 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, so we are basically the same. But the reality is that we humans also share about 60 percent of our DNA with bananas and nobody argues we are a lot like bananas. The…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: Did You Know Two People’s Brains Can Wave Together?
Ever meet somebody and almost immediately find the two of you just really “hit it off,” seem to think together, maybe even complete each other’s sentences. As Brit Garner of the SciShow Psych explained in the following 5:42 video, there is actually a scientific explanation for what’s going on. It’s called “Synchrony.” And after watching…
Marriage and Family: Finding the Love of Your Life on the Hill
By Bret Bernhardt For many of us on Capitol Hill, when we were single and those who are single today, finding a lifelong marriage relationship was or is at the top of our To-Do lists. If not at the top, it’s certainly running in the background. If this is true for you , what’s to…
CONSIDER THIS: What The Hair On Our Heads Teaches Us About God
How much do you “know” about God? Regardless of how you answered that question, there is a familiar passage in the New Testament that provides us with multiple amazing insights into what God must be like. The passage is Matthew 10:29-31 where Jesus explains that: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not…
‘The Sound of Freedom’ Tops ‘Mission Impossible!’ — Have You Seen It Yet?
The following is from Angel Studios. It is not an advertisement and they didn’t pay HillFaith a penny for it. I reprinted it from one of their emails because “The Sound of Freedom’ is having an amazing impact on millions of Americans who are learning for the first time the truth about the evil of…
Do You Know Who Is The Most Influential Individual Who Ever Lived?
Maybe it’s time you found out!
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: CAROLINE SAYERS moves up to Legislative Assistant for Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) after serving as a Staff Assistant for Rep. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.). Caroline began her Capitol Hill career interning for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) when he was House Majority Whip. Caroline received her BA in Political Science and Government…