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: More Congressional Aides Say They Are Cutting Back on Social Media Use
(QUICK READ) — Social media use and abuse has been a topic of widespread conversation on and off Capitol Hill for more than a year, especially as evidence grows that Scrolling Addiction, especially among teens and young kids is a growing concern. So how are congressional aides reacting to this development? A recent CNCT Capitol…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Here’s Where You May Find Your Next Congressional Job
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM BRENDAN LOPEZ had a rewarding experience as an Intern working for the Minority Staff of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and he has now joined the Minority Staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee as Press Assistant. Brendan is a 2025 graduate of Cornell University with…
CONSIDER THIS: Do ‘Brain Jolts’ Really Explain Near-Death Experiences?
(171 WORDS) — Have you heard of “disturbed bodily multi-sensory integration?” That’s the technical name for a newly circulating alternative explanation for the many thousands of credibly reported and described Near-Death Experiences, or NDEs. Many NDEs involve encounters with Jesus Christ and/or Heaven. That’s why scientific materialists start getting agitated whenever conversation turns to NDEs….
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: William Samuel Johnson’s Remarks to First Columbia Graduating Class After the Revolution
(QUICK READ) — William Samuel Johnson was the third president of Columbia University (then known as Columbia College) from 1787 until his death in 1819. A Yale graduate, he was the son of the school’s first president, Samuel Johnson (not to be confused with the British writer of the same name and period). Before his…
THIS IS HUGE!: What If Aliens/UFOs/Extra-Terrestials Are Actually Satan’s Demons?
(3:00 VIDEO) — Americans across the political spectrum are talking about the videos, documents and related materials released by President Donald Trump from the federal government’s extensive files on alleged UFO sights, dead aliens on crashed space ships and much else. Suddenly, people who are absolutely convinced that we human beings on the Planet Earth…
TESTIMONIES: Anais Found Joy, Contentment in God’s Sovereignty
(4:21 VIEWING) — Anais grew up in New York City and experienced the devastating emotional ups and downs of having parents who often argued, and ultimately divorced, with a result that she constantly felt insecure and found herself searching for the next something that would complete her. As she grew through adolescence and young adulthood,…
Do You Know The Seven Ways All Men Are Created Equal?
(7:22 VIDEO) — Few Americans under the age of 30 have more than a surface understanding of the original meaning of the Declaration of Independence’s affirmation that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Your Next Big Promotion May Start Right Here
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM ELYSE COMPTON takes on her first congressional staff job, moving into the critical Scheduler position on the staff of Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.). Prior to coming to the Hill, Elyse was Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Elyse earned her MA…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Lots of Lukewarm Aides on Hill Campus Safety
(QUICK READ) — There are 580 acres of land on which the U.S. Capitol campus sits and there are 2,300 U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers and staff responsible for keeping everybody working and visiting in and around the majestic Capitol-domed environs safe. Having 2,300 officers and staffers to cover 580 acres means the Capitol campus…
THINK ABOUT THIS: How Should You Start A Spiritual Conversation?
(10:20 VIDEO) — There is that passage in the New Testament where just before ascending into Heaven Jesus charges His disciples to take the Gospel of Him as Lord and Savior — “the only name given under Heaven by which men can be saved” — to the whole world. It’s known as “the Great Commission”…