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.
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Majority of Congressional Aides Refuse Gamble on Sports Betting
(QUICK READ) — College and pro football seasons are in full swing and so is the growing sports betting industry, but a clear majority — 53 percent — of congressional aides responding to a CNCT Capitol Pulse Survey aren’t picking up the cards on the table. The 53 percent majority opposition is noticeably intense, with…
GLIMPSES OF GOD(Episode 1): Your Fingerprint Points to the Creator of Everything
(QUICK VIEWING) — Leave it to the John 10:10 Project and Illustra Media to produce a series of short videos that capture in amazing beauty and scientific fact how, as Paul puts it at Romans 1:20, every aspect of the creation demonstrates the glorious creative power of God: “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal…
AMANDA NEWS: Gen Zers Want Truth About Themselves, the World
(759 WORDS) — New research by Barna Group finds today’s teens aren’t, like prior generations, asking ‘who am I,’ but rather ‘how would I even know who I am,’ thanks to AI and other aspects of our digital technology saturated daily life. In an ever-increasingly digital technological environment, in addition to a multitude of precarious…
CONSIDER THIS: Would You Give Same Answer as This Young Buddhist?
(4:47 VIEWING) — When cross-examined.org’s Frank Turek asked a college student and Buddhist if he would become a follower of Jesus Christ if he was convinced Christianity is the one true faith, the young man said he would not. Turek then engaged the young man in a dialogue about the ultimate source of morality. When…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions. Helpful Tips. Veteran Advice.
MOVING UP: Courtesy of Legistorm: SAMANTHA RYLS-JORDAN assumes the duties of Administrative Director in the office of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). Ryls-Jordan was previously Cornyn’s Administrative Director on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee. She is a 2017 graduate of Southern Utah University with a BA Psychology and Criminal Justice. JEREMY HOFFNER…
SECRETS OF THE HUMAN BODY: You Have No Idea How Astonishingly Engineered You Are
(15:43 VIEWING) — Think about the car you drive. It has thousands of parts, the failure of many of which can leave you walking, thumbing a ride from a friend, or riding the Metro subway or bus. There are a variety of reasons the vast majority of Americans prefer to drive a private vehicle to…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on God and American Liberty
(QUICK READ) — Samuel Adams was a cousin of John Adams and a well-known radical leader of the American Revolutionary movement in its birthing stages (think Boston Tea Party!) prior to the first battles in 1775 and the official Declaration of Independence in 1776. But Adams was no devotee of Rousseau and the secular totalitarian…
PREPARE TO BE AMAZED: Why Does The Bible Call The Moon A ‘Witness’?
(VIEWING 5:42) — There is a passage in the Bible — Psalm 89:35-37 — that refers to the Moon as a “witness.” Now that must strike most readers as a curious analogy because the Moon is just a big chunk of lifeless rock. Analogy is a wonderful tool! So what’s up with that Scripture both…
SUNDAY SONGS: Matthew West “Unashamed”
(3:44 VIEWING) — How deeply do you hold your convictions about the most important things in this life? Will you stand up for your beliefs even at the cost of friendships, popularity, or jobs? This is what Matthew West sings about in “Unashamed.” For the follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, this question is of…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Aides Give 119th Congress Passing Grades, Just Barely
(QUICK READ) — A fair majority of congressional aides responding to a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse Survey gave the 119th Congress a passing grade, and there were almost as many who give it an F. Respondents, who were self-selecting, were asked “How would you grade the productivity of the 119th Congress?” The 55 percent majority…