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.
THINK ABOUT THIS: Eight Flawed Assumptions Critics Make About the Bible
Walk into any gathering in America outside of a church and mention this subject and you are all but certain to prompt heated discussion. This guaranteed “conversation starter” is the Bible. Just announce to all within hearing that you believe the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God and see what follows. What will follow…
House Administration Committee Hearing Told Hill Staff Union is ‘Unworkable, Impractical’
Wednesday’s House Committee on Administration hearing on a proposal to allow staffers working for individual Members of Congress and congressional committees to form unions provided abundant evidence that there are big problems with the idea. Only two witnesses appeared before the committee that is chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who reminded observers that on…
EXPLAIN THIS: Five Historical Evidences for the Literal Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ important? Paul the Apostle said if Jesus Christ was not actually resurrected on the third day after His crucifixion, then Christians are the biggest fools of all. Put otherwise, without a risen Jesus Christ, there is no hope for Christians, or anybody else. And what about the other possibility…
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Would You Give Up Everything For Your Boss?
If your boss called you into his or her office today and told you that, since nothing else matters as much as winning the allegiance of voters, you must sell all of your possessions, say goodbye to your friends and family, and focus your every ounce of strength and waking hour on the campaign until…
SCIENCE AND FAITH: Three Stunning Recent Discoveries Challenge Conventional Evolutionary Wisdom
Darwinian evolution has been the established orthodoxy in respectable academic circles for a long time and, just as is the case in the political world, challenging the conventional wisdom about the origin of the species can be a risky business. But as the Discovery Institute’s Evolution News (EN) frequently notes, a growing body of evidence…
STAFF NEWS: People Are Movin’ On Up The Hill (May Be Somebody You Know!)
Courtesy of Legistorm: ALEXIS LITTRELL is who you need to talk to these days to schedule something with Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), marking her first congressional staff position as Scheduler. Previously, Alexis served an Internship with Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS). Alexis has a BS in Political Science from Mississippi College. MANDY SMITHBERGER is the new…
STAFF NEWS: Hearing to be Scheduled on Formation of House Staff Union
It’s official now, although the date has not been set. The House Committee on Administration will convene a hearing to discuss the logistics for moving forward with a union for congressional staff working for Members and committees of the House of Representatives. Committee Chairman Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released this statement Wednesday: “The Office of…
GOOD QUESTION: Is There Meaning to Life?
It’s among the most basic of all questions – does your life have meaning? Why are you here? Does your presence on this Earth make any difference for any reason for anybody else anywhere? Give yourself a few minutes to think about those questions. It’s hard to even know how to think about them in…
GOOD QUESTION: Why Doesn’t God Save Everybody?
God is all-powerful and all loving, right? But not everybody goes to Heaven? So why doesn’t God just dump all this stuff about Heaven, Hell, sin, repentance and salvation, and bring every human being He’s ever created to Heaven? Good question and one that is often heard by Dr. Frank Turek of cross-examined.org and “I…
STAFF NEWS: People Are Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: AILEEN MA moves in at the House Committee on Education and Labor as a Professional Staff Member, covering primary and secondary education issues, working for Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA). Aileen previously was a Director at the Penn Hill Group. She is a 2014 BA graduate of the University of California at Berkley…