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.
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Political Philosopher John Locke on Law and Scripture
(QUICK READ) — British political philosopher John Locke was not one of the Founders because he was in England his entire life and never set foot in the colonies. Yet, his writings on government, particularly his “Second Treatise on Civil Government,” was widely read and applauded among the Founders. Locke’s essential point was that men…
CONSIDER THIS: The One in 10,000 Miracle
(12:52 VIEWING) — One minute you are a healthy, happy, active teenager throwing the frisbee with friends in the park, the next you are lying on the grass unable to move any part of your body from your neck down. That’s what Tim Hornor experienced on his 18th birthday. There he was, enjoying life, on…
THIS IS HUGE NEWS! New Archeological Finds Point to Goliath, Other Ancient Giants
(5:43 VIDEO) — No, that isn’t a pun in the headline above because archeology actually has in recent days uncovered in Israel a bunch of huge ancient spear points, swords and armor that are way too big for regular human beings. Is this proof that the Old Testament account of David killing the Philistine giant…
HILL STAFF JOB NEWS: Open Positions. Helpful Tips. Veteran Advice.
JOB OPENINGS: Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers: EVA STURDIVANT takes on the challenges of her first full-time position on Capitol Hill as Staff Assistant/Office Manager for Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ). Previously, Eva completed an Internship with Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE.). She earned her MPA in Public Affairs this year from…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Abigail Adams on Faith and Virtue in a Nation
(QUICK READ) — John Adams was blessed with a remarkable wife in Abigail Adams, who was his closest friend and trusted adviser throughout their long life together. In the following quote, we see her insight and candor on full display: “A patriot without religion, in my estimation, is as great a paradox as an honest…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Most Congressional Aides Expect to Change Jobs After Mid-Term Elections
(226 WORDS) — When CNCT Capitol Pulse surveyed congressional aides to ask them if they plan on moving to new jobs after the 2026 Mid-term elections, 43 percent of them replied in the affirmative. But that doesn’t mean they will all be back on the Hill come January 2027! Overall, 31 percent of the respondents…
MYTH BUSTERS: No, You Don’t Have a ‘Lizard Brain’
From: Science & Culture Today: By Casey Luskin: (339 WORDS) — How many of us sat through a college-level psychology or evolution course and heard the professor claim that we have a “lizard brain”? It’s just like ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny: an evolutionary model that many of us were taught in school, but it’s totally false….
HILL STAFF JOB NEWS: Open Positions. Helpful Tips. Veteran Advice.
JOB OPENINGS: Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers: MONIKA CONRAD shifts from duties as Legislative Director for Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) to Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director for Rep. James Gallagher (R-Calif.). Monika earned her Masters in International Security from the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government in 2024….
CONSIDER THIS: Why the Laws of Nature Can’t Actually Generate Life
( 8:11 VIDEO) — Imagine you are sitting at your desk when the senator or representative for whom you work calls you into his or her office where you see this big chart diagram displaying what looks like an explosion of boxes, arrows and circles. “I saw this problem with how our government deals with…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the Bible’s Immense Influence on the Founders
(QUICK READ) — Martin Luther King Jr. was not around during the Revolutionary War era, of course, but he was instrumental in helping move the nation to greater fulfillment of the Declaration of Independence’s second paragraph about those inalienable rights from our creator. In a sermon delivered on July 4, 1965, at his Ebenezer Baptist…