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: First Cornerstone of U.S. Capitol Commemorates ‘Goodness of God’
(QUICK READ) — It was a Spring day on April 15, 1791, (but not yet Tax Day!) when the first cornerstone of the American Capital was laid and dedicated at Jones Point near Alexandria, Virginia, in a ceremony led by the Honorable Daniel Carroll and Dr. David Stewart. The dedicatory remarks were delivered by Rev….
HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Right Here
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM BRITT VAN moves into the Legislative Director slot for Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI). Britt previously was Senior Policy Director for the National Housing Conference. She is a 2011 BA graduate in Sociology and Asian Studies from Colorado College. NADIA CORTEZ takes over as Legislative Director for Rep….
HILL STAFF VIEWS: Big Majority of Aides Say No to Prediction Markets
(QUICK READ) — There were some surprises in the responses received when Hill aides were asked by a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey whether congressional aides should be able to participate in prediction markets wherein participants gamble on the probability of specified outcomes. A substantial majority of respondents, 59 percent, said that is NOT something…
AMANDA NEWS: New Barna Survey Confirms Growing Spiritual Interest Among Young
(654 WORDS) — Interest among young adults in Jesus Christ, Bible reading and church participation is measurably increasing, according to a new Barna Group national survey of ministers. Research conducted by the Fort Worth, Texas-based Barna Group indicates young adults are gaining interest not only in attending church, but also who Jesus is and why…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Samuel Adams on Depending on God to Lead Us
(QUICK READ) — Samuel Adams is best-remembered as the organizer of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which was one of the most effectively staged political protests in modern history because it helped catalyze the “No Taxation Without Representation” issue in the American Revolution. Samuel Adams, who would later be elected Governor of Massachusetts, was…
TESTIMONIES: Why Quantum Physics Led Caleb Ball Back to Christ
(7:44 VIEWING) — It’s not often that you meet somebody who tells you he or she was led to faith in Jesus Christ through a book given to them by a friend on Quantum Physics and Near-Death Experiences, eternal consciousness, religion and the human soul. But that’s exactly what Caleb Ball relates in the following…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: When It Sounds So True But You Know It’s Not?
(5:34 VIEWING) — Hardly a day goes by for most people working on Capitol Hill without hearing somebody make a claim in the course of a normal conversation that sounds so convincing, so accurate. But you know it’s false. So what do you say in response without worrying about “winning the argument”? In the latest…
HILL STAFF NEWS: You May Find Your Next Staff Job Here
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM ALETTE DUNLAP moves into her first full-time congressional staff position, serving as a Staff Assistant on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, working for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Prior to moving to the committee staff, Alette was an Intern in the Lee personal staff office. Alette received…