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.
TESTIMONIES: Synagogue Cantor Found What She Was Missing in Jeshua
(11:19 VIEWING) — One for Israel, which is a ministry sharing the Gospel with Jews living in Israel and elsewhere around the world, has posted many inspiring, informative, convincing testimonies. But this one from a young lady who grew up having her Synagogue as the center of her live is intensely spiritual, and self-examining. As…
HE IS RISEN: Why You Must Decide Who Jesus Is
(Editor’s Note:) — This essay originally appeared on Tuesday, June 9, on Substack where prolific author/thinker/analyst/evangelist/entrepreneur/activist Rod Martin does much of his best writing. Today is Friday, June 12, and the day HillFaith.org posts the longest article ever to appear on this site. It’s here today because of both the messenger and the message. Rod…
Open Positions. Helpful Advice. Veteran Tips.
ELIZABETH CRAGER snares her first full-time job on Capitol Hill, moving into the Press and Digital Assistant duties for Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Colo.) after internships with the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Rep. Sarah Jacobs (D-Calif.). Elizabeth earned her BA in Political Science in 2025 from San Diego State…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams, Patriot Revolutionary and Man of Faith
(QUICK READ) — Samuel Adams is often forgotten by comparison to his brother John Adams, who was at the center of so many milestones of the American Revolution, and ultimately became the second President of the United States. But Samuel Adams was there in the beginning of the revolution, being an organizer of the Boston…
TESTIMONIES: He Didn’t Expect it, But This Former MIT Professor’s Research Led Him to Christ
(13:52 VIDEO) — Professor Ian Hutchinson spent years at MIT teaching nuclear science and engineering and for most of that period, he appreciated the influence of Christianity as the foundation of Western Civilization but he was not a follower of Jesus Christ. But certain facts, some of which he discovered through his own research, kept…
What Say You? What If We? Are You Sure?
(QUICK READ) — When congressional aides were asked by CNCT Capitol Pulse recently whether they would support allowing driver-less cabs to operate in the national capital, and two out of three of them either expressed outright opposition or professed to be unsure. The results come as the prospect of commercially operated Waymo vehicles operating on…
Open Positions, Helpful Advice, Veteran Tips
NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM KATEY FOLY moves up from Senior Policy Adviser to Rep. April McLean-Delaney (D-MD.) to Legislative Director for Rep. Brittany Patterson (D-Colo.). Katy is a 2021 graduate of the University of Denver with a BS in Public Policy and Socio-Legal Studies. BILL DUHNKE takes over as Deputy Chief of Staff for…
Participants Praise HillFaith-Organized VIP Tour for Congressional Staffers of the Museum of the Bible
(504 WORDS) — Washington, D.C. is full of great museums and one of the most fascinating and accessible is the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) located, interestingly enough, close to the U.S. Department of Education in the Southwest area of the national capital. Also within a few blocks of the MOTB is the U.S. Capitol…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Former Chief Justice John Jay on the Historical Accuracy of the Bible
(QUICK READ) — “It is to be regretted, but so I believe the fact to be, that except for the Bible there is not a true history in the world. Whatever may be the virtue, discernment, and industry of the writers, I am persuaded that truth and error (though in different degrees) will imperceptibly become and…
AMANDA REPORTS: Do Young Adults Still Believe in Marriage?
(567 Words) — Young adults say marriage is important to them, yet they still wait longer to marry than previous generations and frequently express uncertainty about the prospect of raising children, according to new research from the Barna Group. The analysis conducted by the Fort Worth, Texas-based Barna Group is part of its State of…