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.
LINCOLN’S THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — On October 3, 1863, as the nation struggled through the third year of a devastating civil war between North and South, President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November a national holiday of Thanksgiving. That he did so against a backdrop of war, division, and suffering is all the more remarkable…
CONSIDER THIS: The Wonder of ‘Let The Fire Fall’ in Yosemite National Park
(SIX-MINUTE WATCH/READ) — Did you hear it or see it? The message of the creation, that is. Is there a better day than Thanksgiving Day to be thankful for all the natural beauty that surrounds us? “The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours out…
CONTRADICTIONS: Is It Six Days (Matthew and Mark) or Eight Days (Luke)?
Among the many examples of apparent contradictions skeptics of the Bible as the infallible and inerrant Word of God is the difference in counting days between Jesus prophesying something hugely important about the coming Kingdom of God on Earth and the Transfiguration seen in Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2 and Luke 9:28. Matthew and Mark both…
CONSIDER THIS: Is Our Universe a Product of Intelligent or Stupid Design?
(13-MINUTE WATCH) — Scientists associated with the Discovery Institute are known for presenting many arguments and vast evidence for their contention that the amazing order and structure of the universe is clear evidence that the universe is not an accident, that it didn’t simply evolve into its present form. To the contrary, just as philosopher…
TESTIMONIES: Tyler Larimer’s Journey From Foster Home and Drugs to Grace and Love in Jesus Christ
(SIX MINUTE WATCH AND READ) — Imagine being born into an alcoholic family so lost that the authorities take you and your little sister away and give you to a foster family that eventually adopts you, but then kicks you onto the streets. That’s what happened to Tyler Larimer. His is a difficult and challenging…
HILL STAFF VIEWS: DOGE Draws Mixed Reviews Among Hill Aides
(ONE-MINUTE READ) — Republican staffers, especially those in the Senior Policy Staff ranks, are enthusiastic about President-elect Donald Trump’s announced plan to have Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy head a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for the purpose of eliminating as much as $2 Trillion in federal spending. Fully 81 percent of the…
TESTIMONIES: 25 Years Later Radical Muslim-Turned-Christian Meets Man He Thought He Killed
(EIGHT-MINUTE WATCH) – The following 8:17 testimony is made available by One for Israel. This Sudanese man was raised in one of the world’s strictest Islamic tribes. And he wanted to kill Christians and Jews. I would tell you more but better you go straight to this video and watch it through to the end…
HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) — NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: DREW SEXTON moves up from Campaign Manager for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) to Deputy Chief of Staff/Press Secretary. Drew is a 2011 graduate of Arizona State University with a BA in Political Science and Economics. CONOR FRYER returns as Chief of Staff for Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio)….
SECRETS OF THE CELL: Did You Know Your Body Is Full of Robot Repairmen?
It’s all but impossible these days to listen to a podcast, watch video on YouTube or read a news story without sooner or later hearing something about the remarkable proliferation of robots performing all kinds of tasks in our daily lives. Add the explosion of applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it’s difficult to go…
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? What American Christians Must Understand About Elections
(45-SECOND READ/WATCH) — Donald Trump won a sweeping victory Tuesday, which means he will go down in history as America’s 45th and 47th president. Trump did so despite unprecedented obstacles thrown in his path from legions of people and institutions who fear and hate him, and despite his own significant foibles and weaknesses. But what…