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: Did the Ancient Chinese Know About Jesus?
(13:09) — This will come as a shock to many readers, just as it did to this author, but there is compelling, though not conclusive, evidence that the ancient Chinese worshiped a monotheistic deity, Shangdi, who exhibited characteristics that closely mirror those of Yahweh, the god of ancient Israel. The following video was produced by…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Adams on America and God’s Providence
(QUICK READ) — America’s second President was a key influence on the young Thomas Jefferson in drafting America’s Declaration of Independence, but their relationship had ups and (mostly) downs thereafter. Adams was the first Chief Executive to be heavily involved in a partisan political party, the Federalist Party, which advocated an activist central government and…
THIS IS HUGE! Had Enough Cold, Snow, Ice? What If You Had to Live With It Year-Round?
(9:41 VIEWING) — Folks living and working on Capitol Hill can be forgiven for having had enough of the freezing temps, frozen snow obstacles all over the place, and icy stretches of sidewalks. Spring can’t get here soon enough, right??? Well, consider the Polar Bear, which lives in perpetual snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures, yet…
EXODUS EXPLORED, Part 4: Moses Fled to Midian, So Maybe That’s Where Mt. Sinai Is
(5:48 VIEWING) — When Moses was a young Jewish man in the court of the Egyptian Pharaoh, he sympathized with his fellow Israelites who were enslaved. A day came Moses, seeing an Israelite being mistreated, killed the Egyptian responsible for the mistreatment. But despite his burying the dead Egyptian in the sand, Moses’ act was…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM WILL BARRY — Apparently being Communications Director for Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) wasn’t keeping him busy enough, so Will Barry now has the added title of Deputy Chief of Staff. Prior to hooking up with the Missouri GOPer, Will was Communications Director for House Financial Services Committee Chairman…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: More Than Three-Fourths of Staffers Say No Stock Trading for Members
(QUICK READ) — With Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) generating beaucoup headlines with her apparently sudden rags-to-riches story, renewed attention is being focused on all senators and representatives seemingly still being able to profit on stock trades. Legislation to bar stock trading by Members is overwhelmingly popular with congressional aides working for both major parties, with…
AMANDA REPORTS: North Korea, Sudan, Yemen Among Top 10 Most Dangerous Places for Christians
(591 WORDS) — North Korea ranks as the world’s most dangerous place for Christians to live, followed by Somalia and Yemen, according to the 2026 World Watch List, the latest ranking by Open Doors of the 50 countries most known for encouraging or allowing extreme persecution of followers of Jesus Christ. Following the top three are…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: When Choosing Revolution is Justified for a Christian
(QUICK READ) — Among the rarely discussed aspects of the events that led to the opening of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence was the prevalence on colonial Sundays, particularly in New England Congregationalist churches, of the delivery of passionate sermons explaining when a Christian people are justified in throwing off the chains…
TESTIMONIES: Finding Jesus Led to Big Changes for the Better for Dr. Jim Small
(11:25 VIEWING) — Dr. Jim Small grew up in family that was mostly atheistic but tolerant of “religion as a crutch for those who needed it.” Very early in life, he developed a passionate interest in dinosaurs and biological sciences. There was also a period in his early childhood when Small worried endlessly about his…
TESTIMONIES: God Is There, Even in the Silence of Deafness
(2:59 VIEWING) — HillFaith has posted dozens of individual testimonies over the years, all of which conveyed the journeys of real men and women to knowing the saving grace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ. The following Facebook reel from Hayden Daum certainly ranks among the most unique testimonies ever to appear in this…