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.
CONSIDER THIS: How The Ballet of Down-Shifting a Race Car Points to God
Let me tell you at the outset, dear reader, that this post is about driving a race car at high speed on a race track and what that can teach us about God. Yes, this is likely the first time you’ve ever read anything that brings those two topics together in one article. Trust me,…
Everything The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You About ‘The Sound of Freedom’
Jim Caviezel, who portrays Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Tim Ballard in ‘The Sound of Freedom‘ movie released over the July 4 weekend, explains his decision to take the controversial part as motivated in great part by his belief that somebody needs to stand up now about problems like the world-wide sex-trafficking of little…
CONSIDER THIS: Look What Your Daddy’s Sperm Went Through To Help You Become The World’s Only YOU
If you’ve ever read Homer’s duo, “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” or Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” you know something about how deeply meaningful and complex literary journeys can be. But the complexity of challenges overcome in the journey taken by the single sperm from…
The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make
If you work on Capitol Hill for a senator or a representative, or for a congressional committee or one of the congressional agencies, you are likely to face having to make significant decisions in your work, decisions that can sometimes alter the course of your career, your life, perhaps even our country. Working on Capitol…
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: Heading to the Beach for the Week(end)? You Should Know About the Beach Fellowship
People who work on the Hill often know all about the beaches on the Eastern Shore, including Ocean City in Maryland, and Bethany Beach and Rehoboth in Delaware. It’s easy to just sleep right past church on a beach Sunday morning, especially after a Saturday night on the boardwalk or at Funland or whatever. But…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Is The Bible Still Relevant?
It’s the most widely read book in human history, but some contemporary cultural observers contend the influence of the Bible is declining at a rapid rate, a trend seen in the growing acceptance of, to cite just one area, sexual practices sternly rejected by the Good Book. But the folks at the Colson Center, who…
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ on Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: CARA CAMACHO: Is the new Chief of Staff for Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.). Cara’s impressive resume features previous stints in the private sector, the non-profit advocacy community, on the Hill, and in the White House as Director of the National Security Council (NSC). Cara’s MPA was awarded by the A. Alfred Taubman…
THIS IS HUGE! ‘The Sound of Freedom’ Is Must-See For Your Independence Day Weekend
People who work on Capitol Hill as congressional aides deal with vitally important issues on a regular basis, so much so that sometimes it becomes difficult to figure out which ones must be dealt with now and which can be left for another day. Then there are those that are simply ignored because facing them…