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Life on Capitol Hill
Life on Capitol Hill
What a wild ride it’s been! Who would have thought, a small town kid from Arkansas would have the opportunity to come to America’s Capitol City and work with some of the most powerful people in the world? For the last six years I’ve been in Washington D.C. working on Capitol Hill. The most recent, a role as the Chief of Staff to a sitting member of United States House of Representatives. While…
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A Return to Civility
A Return to Civility
Working in Washington D.C. can be a wake up call. From middle America, I always hear the question that goes something like, “Whatever happens to those people when they get elected and start living inside the beltway? Did they just forget what it’s like to be a normal person living with a normal wage in a normal family?”
And the follow up comments go something like…
Those people are just a rich…
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Who Would Jesus Vote For?
Who Would Jesus Vote For?
What a terrible question!
Remember the 2012 Republican Primary Debate when former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was asked about What Jesus would do?
“Jesus was smart enough not to enter politics.” he answered, and the crowd roared.
Jesus didn’t get into politics, but he talked a lot about how we live day to day. He didn’t run for office but many called Him a King (a political office). Jesus…
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So you Graduated, Now What?
So you Graduated, Now What?
Congratulations!! Graduation is one of those milestones in life where you can look back on a journey culminated to accomplishment. You did it. You made it. And as the graduation parties begin to fade into the blurry memory of yesterday, what comes next?
Summer Job? College or University? Trade School?
I know there are thousands of students looking forward to their orientation date with their…
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The Pope, The Moon, and Jesus
The Pope, The Moon, and Jesus
I know, I know, you’re probably tired of reading about the papal visit to America. I mean, how could you stand one more article, one more news report, or one more commentator talk about Pope Francis in the United States?
Well, I promise to make this short.
The Pope
When Pope Francis visited last week, we made sure our KIVU Gap Year students had a chance to be in the crowd in Philadelphia. We…
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If God is So Good...
If God is So Good…
It’s probably the hardest question for any faith person to reconcile. “If God is so Good, and God is So Powerful, then why does He allow evil on the planet today? Wouldn’t a good God wipe evil off the map? Your God must be either a.)Not as powerful as you think b.)Cruel to allow the evil to invade humanity or c.)Something much larger is going on.”
Every apologetic seminar I’ve ever attended…
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So What do we Do about University Education
So What do we Do about University Education
It’s easy to sit and “arm-chair” quarterback any system. I think it’s important we don’t trend the conversation towards all negative comments. It’s too easy to criticize without sitting in the “big boy chair” as I call it. (I suppose you could call it the “big girl chair” too, as to not come across as sexist.)
But if all we do is talk about the positives, we never get to a place of necessary…
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Learning to Ask the Right Questions is Important
Learning to Ask the Right Questions is Important
As we continue our discussion on the value of the University Experience, I wanted to highlight one of our readers from yesterday. Kendall wrote:
Our country now has our first generation of parents who are mostly college educated. And immediately we want to tell them/us that they made a mistake by attending. That is a tough pill to swallow. Even still, many of us parents are willing to at least…
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