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.
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Do Children’s Rights Cancel Out Parental Rights?
Many HillFaith readers may find it hard to believe but there are actually people in this world — powerful and influential people in government, corporations and non-profits — who seek to totally divorce children from the authority of their parents. If you doubt that, let your ears perk up and listen the next time you…
STAFF NEWS: Another Report Finds Hill Aides’ Pay is Uncompetitive, Encourages High Turnover Rates
A new analysis of congressional staff compensation and working conditions concludes that such an environment “often renders a career in Congress a temporary pursuit or one that has to be supplemented by a part-time job.” “From 2001 to 2019, median pay for staff in House offices largely declined. While the decline is not as dramatic for Senate staff,…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Becky Huryk takes up duties of District Field Representative and Staff Assistant for Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). Becky previously was an Intern for Rep. Andy Kind (D-NJ). Becky’s BS in Political Science and Government was awarded in 2020 by Boston College. The new Deputy Press Secretary for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is…
Here’s Two (FREE!!!) Books That Can Change How You Think About … Everything
More than 200 people so far have taken advantage of HillFaith’s offer of two free books, either of which could absolutely change the way you view the world, yourself and your daily life, the people around you, and, most importantly, the man named Jesus. One of the books — “More Than A Carpenter” by Josh…
HILLFAITH STUDIES: The Second of Jesus’ Great ‘I AM’ Claims – The Light of the World
It is difficult to conceive of a more comprehensive claim that Jesus could make in describing Himself than what He says at John 8:12 and John 9:5, respectively: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Can Christianity Be Forced on Somebody?
In an age that professes to believe tolerance is an absolute that can never be compromised, it’s not uncommon to hear somebody declare something along the line of “don’t try to force your religion on me.” The irony of that declaration is that it implicitly says tolerance does not go so far as to allow…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Katie McNiffe moves into her first full-time job on Capitol Hill as Staff Assistant to Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), after serving a stint as an Intern in his office and before that in the office of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Katie’s BA in Political Science and Philosophy is from the University of…
FOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
HILLFAITH STUDIES: The First of Jesus’ Seven Great ‘I Am’ Claims
Jesus is the bread of life. His first “I Am” claim comes at John 6:35 when he tells a large crowd “… I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” Jesus is claiming nothing less than to be absolutely essential to life….